Home  |  Echo Still & Sparkling  |  Echo Always Chilled  |  Echo Water Coolers  |  Contact Us  |  News Articles          News Items        Water, Water everywhere, but €70,000 to drink! Customers pay ‘more for water than beer’ in Dublin pubs Effectiveness of Sports Drinks Dehydration and mental performance Soda: A Sin We Sip Instead of Smoke? Cut out soda to fight childhood obesity Plastic Water Bottles Banned on Campus School division ponders plastic bottle ban YouTube trailer of the movie "Tapped" More Restaurants Favor Filtered Water – US Food Trends Dry Skin - Is Your Water Supply Causing the Problem The effects of hard water on skin Water softener eczema relief hope Water pollution puts green image at risk The water that we drink - is it as safe as we think? Water gets a makeover with reusable bottles Bottled water sales starting to run dry Water supply falls foul of the freeze Water pipe replacement to be aided by €300m budget in next 3 years Useful contacts regarding water supply A resource more precious than gold If your pipes are made of lead - run the water taps in the mornings! Our 'free' supply of drinking water encourages waste Water cuts due to record usage Water levels to remain low, warns council Water restored to homes in Cork city In this day and age, having no water is a joke Without A Kitchen Water Filter - Cant Say You Are The Good Chef Boil water notice extended by Council 10 Benefits of Using a Water Filter Cities Contemplate Banning Bottle Water City of Seattle Gives Bottled Water the Boot Five Reasons Not to Drink Bottled Water Pouring Money Away Australian town bans bottled water Drinking Water Could Curb Obesity Drinking Water to Maintain Good Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Lakes Hydrate for Optimum Workouts How Much Water Should You Drink? Environmental Engineers, Water Scientists Develop Children's Kit for Monitoring Water Health You are here:Home>>News Items>>Water, Water everywhere, but €70,000 to drink!        Water, Water everywhere, but €70,000 to drink!        Council splashes out €70,000 on staff water        Irish Independent, 8 Feb 2012 by Mark O’Regan               Cash-strapped Dublin City Council spent more than €70,000 on providing drinking water for its thirsty workers – last year spending €15,000 alone on bottled water. The council spent more than €58,000 on water coolers, the Irish Independent has learned. An unspecified sum was spent last year on providing bottled water for firefighters to “consume as required”. The €58,620 paid to an unnamed contractor includes the servicing and sanitisation of all 61 water cooler units twice a year. “Breakdown cover” is also included, along with replacement water cooler machines “in the event that a problem cannot be rectified on site”. Filters are changed every two years and are due to be changed this year. “In an age of austerity this is a disgraceful and flagrant waste of money, particularly when they’re talking about privatising water. The council should be leading by example and need to shape up,” said local councillor Mannix Flynn last night. “Things like bottled water are catered for within the budget and delivered within the budget. We certainly don’t overspend on any of these kind of items,” a council spokeswoman said last night. Meanwhile, Dublin City Council says it will reveal the financial details of its controversial deal with waste company Greyhound in the near future. During a meeting of the local authority on Monday night, City Manager John Tierney said the council was in discussions with the private bin collection company to determine what details would be made available to council members. “We're currently in discussions with Greyhound in relation to producing the contract details for members,” Mr Tierney said.                   Copyright © 3rd Tap: The Water Filter Company     |     Unit D1, North City Business Park, North Road, Finglas, Dublin 11, Ireland        Telephone: (01) 814 0886     |     Mobile: (087) 814 8588     |     Email:  alan@3rdtap.ie          Powered by:  go2web