Coping with water shortages

Madam, – Water meters will not stop the huge amount of water leaking from treatment plants.

Madam, – Water meters will not stop the huge amount of water leaking from treatment plants.

Reservoirs and water treatment plants should be part of a national investment plan. We should be capitalising on our rainfall – repairing pipes and plants, and investing in rain-capture tanks for grey-water use.

Then, from the simple lure of offering tourists guaranteed power-showers and guilt-free full baths to the possibility of selling water to other countries or donating it to countries in need, we could all look forward to rainy days.– Yours, etc,

TERESA MURRAY,

The Sweepstakes,

Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.