Water

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Water

• 2nd national summit
• Working towards a sustainable future for
  Irelands water needs

Sue Scott ESRI (Economic and Social Research
Institute)
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Expenditure on water services

• CAPITAL 679m p.a.
• (NDP Water
  Services average)
• CURRENT 635m
• (2006 LA
  Financial Outturns)
• TOTAL 1314m p.a.
• (less 132.8m industr payment est.)
• Per person in employment 580 p.a. approx
• WERE PAYING IN TAX!

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The publics choice of HOW to pay for water
isCHARGES
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New water suppliesMethod of ranking possible
costs (illustrative only)
Cost per litre
desalination
piping from Shannon Boyne etc
More leakage reduction
metered charges and DSM
Quantity
Where is the independent study that costs all the
options ?
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Problems despite high spend

• Is the nation paying more
• due to the way that it pays?
• Do we think we need more
• water than were willing to pay for?

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Correct pricing Not only reduces use It
removes FALSE signals to expand supply

• With correct cost-reflective charging they use
  water till
• the benefit
  to them costs.
• Signals to the supplier how much they are willing
  to pay for, which is true (because they ARE
  paying).
• It ensures that they do not have a tax bill to
  pay more for water than they would WANT to.
• Avoid inappropriate public subsidies for new
  water-supply options that are more expensive than
  efficiency improvements - Pacific
  Institute