Irish Water set to restart water meter installation programme

The government is planning to get Irish Water to re-start water meter installation to promote water conservation.

The water metering programme was abandoned in 2017 due to intense protests in certain parts of the country.

But although around 880,000 households got water meters at a cost of €455 million, there are still another 330,000 homes yet to be metered.

The government’s new water policy statement reveals it has committed to re-starting the metering ...