CITY COUNCIL SEEK GOVERNMENT HELP FOR MERVUE HOUSEHOLDERS FOR WATER PIPES

Date Published: 16-Dec-2008

Home owners in Old Mervue affected by the water crisis, may have to pay a minimum of 12 hundred euro to connect to the new three kilometre water main.

Councillors also heard that water is being supplied to residents in Old Mervue at a cost to city council of over 1500 euro per week.

Despite this, city officials said that they cant fund either water filters or the upgrade of home water mains in Old Mervue unless they did the same for every home in the city affected by the water crisis.

It was then proposed that Galway City Council officially apply for a grant from the Department of Environment to offer funding to the most vulnerable such as the elderly and unemployed who may struggle to pay to have their pipes changed.