This morning at 8.20am.
Outside Rathmines Public Library, Dublin 6.
As Irish Water extends its hosepipe ban nationwide from this morning until at least July 31…
John writes:
Considering the coverage water has received on your website over the last few weeks this seems bloody ridiculous. Please highlight this waste of water by a public body.
UPDATE:
Padraic , from Dublin City Libraries, writes:
Your readers might be pleased to know that our window cleaners use filtered water from tanks stored from before the water ban began, which is protocol for these occasions. These tanks have been in use since the ban came into effect and will be used until they run out. All the best, Padraic
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Lads, the water restrictions only apply domestically.
Also…. shut up.
hypothetical question for you all.
This looks like a contractor is washing the windows. In a drought situation should the Library:
a) get the windows cleaned. To hell with the water shortages!
b) cancel the cleaning – but continue to pay the contract; – thus ‘wasting’ public funds
c) cancel the cleaning – but refuse to pay; saving public funds, but inconveniencing the contractor.
d) other?
harvested water, maybe?
I’m sorry that is not one of the above mentioned options.
You need really clean water for windows. If your harvested water is clean enough – okay;
Harvested from where, dearie?
It hasn’t rained in Rathgar in weeks.
the water butt at home is still half full. it has a lid on it, you see.
Easy. b)
The money has already been budgeted for. Local councils have ever been super concerned with not wasting public money before – why start now – especially in this instance when paying for a service that has not been rendered is perfectly understandable.
Even more important than the monetary aspect however are the optics. Even if harvested rainwater (or the tears of Neymar) are being used, Joe Public isn’t to know that so it smacks of arrogance, one-rule-for-us, etc.
While the hosepipe ban might not legally apply to them, there is no reason public bodies couldn’t be responsible and limit water use for non-essential purposes (i.e. slighly dusty windows)
Should a cleaning services contractor, even one that uses harvested rainwater or whatever, temporaily lay off their staff and close up shop for a few weeks for fear of offending snowflakes such as yourself?
in fairness – he said (b) which involved the library paying for the windows not to be cleaned – so the contractors are be paid – so no need to lay off their staff.
Why would the cleaning contractor not just lay off the staff on the grounds that there was no work, and pocket the money? This is precisely what would happen.
good point. I suppose part of the agreement would be that the guys (not) doing the cleaning get paid too.
where is that water coming from?
some of the cleaning companies using vans have a tank in the back and the device they’re using can recycle water or just uses very little to do the same cleaning job. Can get one middle/big job done or a few small ones before re-filling.
Happy. The water might have come from the sky.
it could have been piss one time
All water was widdle at one point or another. We’re all essentially drinking and showering in dinosaur wee.
that why your breath is urine scented?
Is he using a hose?
Nope. I call this Fake Nees
a number of commercial cleaning companies have asked staff to come in extra early to fill the tanks with urine. likely what’s happening here.
are they taking the wee?
I didn’t say “wee” originally; but for some reason the word I used (starts with ‘p’, rhymes with piss) was changed; but others in this thread have used it. weird.
Library gives us power wash.
Can’t stand snitchers who will let nothing get in the way of a good snitching.
Could be recycled water the lad is using.
I had a big seagull poo poo on my windscreen. Lobbed a bucket of saved shower water at it. I conserve water all the time – not just in drought circumstances and nothing to do with the water charging debate. I just conserve it because I know it’s not infinite. Takes generations for that mentality to sink in but ye’ll all get there one day.
ask me hoop
this is a bit of a bugbear of mine too. there are sod all grants, assistance or encouragement from the state to reuse grey water, provide communal harvesting etc. IW and the state’s ‘commitment’ to water conservation is an absolute joke.
cheers John, great to know that narcissistic busybodies like yourself are out there keeping an eye on things