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The “public consultation” on the bizarre Shannon-to-Dublin water pipeline ends on 8 April.

We have reviewed the 1,000-page document in full. As ever, with Irish Water, all is not as claimed.

Our full submission is at KennedyAnalysis.com - key extracts are below

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1) This is an important report from @EPAIreland

The EPA is one of #IrishWater's regulators. Its job is to ensure IW does its job and provides us with clean, safe water

But after the Leixlip debacle it says it wants stronger enforcement powers

This report warns that...

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2) …Ireland’s river water is deteriorating badly.

Only 53% (and declining) is now deemed “satisfactory”.

Groundwater is FAR better – 92% (and improving) is “good”.

Yet, despite plentiful groundwater nearby, Dublin gets 99% of its water from RIVERS.

And #IrishWater’s plan?
3) #IrishWater cd develop some of the groundwater (wells) on Dublin’s doorstep and give Dublin some vital DIVERSIFICATION

Instead it wants to pump yet more RIVER water from the Shannon, making Dublin even MORE exposed to rivers than it already is

Does this make sense?
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Thread: Why people 'ratted out' their neighbours during the hosepipe ban. One resident in Cork said their neighbour was using water to wash their yacht. All these from a database obtained under #FOIA from #IrishWater
On Day One of the ban in Fingal, one person called to say their neighbour had been filling up a large pool and emptying it continuously over the past few days:
Also in Fingal, somebody reported to be using their hosepipe to wash twenty carpets in their front garden:
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