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Gritting and salting of roadways, the repairing of leaks and burst mains, and other actions taken to reduce the disruption caused by the big freeze, and now the thaw, are expected to cost the Galway City Council in excess of €600,000.

City Hall should not renew its contract with Veolia given the company’s involvement with controversial projects in Israel and the arrears in its collection of water service charges in Galway.

In light of the damning documents released to TG4 news in relation to the cryptosporidium outbreak in Galway city in 2007, the director of services for Water Services in Galway City Council should “consider his position”, says Councillor Padraig Conneely.

To ensure Galway’s drinking water supplies are of the highest quality, the county’s two local authorities will have to publish the results of their drinking water sampling programmes online.

Galwegians could be taking to the streets in protest before the end of the year if the combined affects of NAMA, taxes on child benefit and water services, and the expected savage Budget punish ordinary people for the recklessness of the banks, property developers, and the Government.

Westmeath County Council went painlessly through its own Lisbon-like mini-trauma last week with its simple adoption of the highly uninteresting draft strategic policy committee (SPC) scheme operational guidelines.

At this month’s meeting of Kilkenny County Council, members were presented with an assessment of needs in relation to the water services capital programme and it was clear that although urgent works are required funding is posing a problem for the local authority.

The elected members of Mayo County Council were told that water supply levels were very low around the county following the recent weather. Director of services for water services Paddy Mahon told the annual budget meeting: “Normally we use 59,000 cubic metres of water a day in the county, but yesterday (Sunday, January 10) we used 69,000 cubic metres of water in the county, that’s 16 per cent more than normal and this week we expect it to get worse. The situation in the Castlebar reservoir is critical today (Monday) and rationing will have to be considered over the week”.

With the emergency response room finally closed today following round the clock operations at County Hall, services are somewhat returning to normal for most.

The prolonged cold spell not only had a drastic impact on peoples’ lives in Kilkenny but it also took its toll on local authority coffers with the final figure spent on dealing with the big freeze calculated at €500,000.