A selection of frozen ‘treats’ concocted by art students Hung I-chen, Guo Yi-hui, and Cheng Yu-ti of the National Taiwan University of the Arts.
Using samples collected from 100 locations in Taiwan, frozen, then preserved in polyester resin, the project was designed to highlight high levels of water pollution in the country.
Meeting of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services last month
Niall O’Connor, on Independent.ie, writes:
Households that “wilfully abuse water or permit wastage” should be prosecuted and have sanctions imposed, according to a draft report being considered by TDs and senators.
The report, seen by Independent.ie, aims to form the basis of a compromise between the main political parties.
…According to the document, circulated to members by committee chairman Pádraig Ó Céidigh, those who waste water should face prosecutions.
“The Committee recommends that the Water Services Act 2007 be amended to ensure that those who wilfully abuse water or permit wastage can be prosecuted and that sanctions can be imposed,” the document states.
It also recommends that households that have paid all or some of their bills should be compensated.
Households that ‘wilfully abuse water’ to face prosecutions (Independent.ie)
Mesmerising handwriting experiments by calligraphy master Seb Lester involving an initial scribble of water followed by the application of droplets of colour.
More of his work here.
Water – Little Hours
Little Hours is Donegal duo John Doherty and Ryan McCloskey.
Of Water they write:
In fairness.
Joan Collins (right) at a water protest last year
This just in.
Joan Collins, Independendents4change TD for Dublin South Central, is to move a billl calling for a referendum to prevent any future privatisation of water services when the Dail reconvenes later this month..
The bill is called the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016.
The bill will put an amendment to Article 28 of the Constitution as follows;
‘The Government shall be collectively responsible for the protection, management and maintenance of the public water system. The Government shall ensure in the public interest that this resource remains in public ownership and management’.
Ms Collins said:
”I am very pleased to be able to move this bill with the support of my Indenpendents4Change colleagues, Sinn Fein, AAA/PBP and in fact all 39 TDs who stood in the general elections on the Right2Change policy programme.
“This bill will pass if it is supported by Fianna Fail who fought the election on an anti -water charges claim. We will now see how serious their claim was. Will they support the bill or will they hide behind the fig leaf of the commission on water charges?
Privatisation is a key issue in the struggle against water charges. The whole purpose of establishing Irish Water and introducing charges was to prepare the conditions for future privatisation. By getting an article into the Constitution banning privatization the whole project and the rationale for charges will be seriously undermined.”
Fight!
Rollingnews.ie
This afternoon.
Woodburn Forest, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim.
Richard writes:
Are you guys aware what is happening up in Woodburn forest outside Belfast. A company is trying to drill an well for oil in a drinking water catchment area (200m from homes and 380m from North Woodburn Reservoir)…
Don’t Drill Antrim Water (Facebook)
Council to review Woodburn Forest oil drill project issues, court hears (Belfast Telegraph)
Mark Orford tweetz:
…not sure if this is the kind of thing you’re interested in. But here’s a lady with a tap on her head.
Previously: Meanwhile, Outside The Dáil
