We have always paid for water. Next they’ll bill us for the air we breathe
With our high rainfall and plentiful inland fresh water, water is not rare here, as it is in many other countries. Piping, reservoirs and cleansing plants were run by local authorities, and paid for with subventions from central government and/or local taxes.
Either way, those subventions came from our taxes, so we have always paid for our water. The same was true of ‘free’ education, the Gardai and the army.
