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24/09/2012
Water Meter Installation Delayed
It will take up to three years to fully install water meters in homes, Irish Water has said.
This pushes the the expected water installation date late into 2015, a year later than indicated by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan last April.
John Mullins, chief executive of Bord Gais Group, in charge of Irish Water, said: “It looks as if it’s going to take the best part of two-and-a-half to three years to fully install meters”.
The procurement notice for the water meters would go out to European tender next month, he told RTÉ Radio this morning.
“It is not just about physically about putting in the meters - we have to commission, we have to test, we have to integrate that with a billing system, it’s not as simple as just about putting in the physical meter,” he said.
Mr Mullins said the process would begin “in a number of weeks”.
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This pushes the the expected water installation date late into 2015, a year later than indicated by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan last April.
John Mullins, chief executive of Bord Gais Group, in charge of Irish Water, said: “It looks as if it’s going to take the best part of two-and-a-half to three years to fully install meters”.
The procurement notice for the water meters would go out to European tender next month, he told RTÉ Radio this morning.
“It is not just about physically about putting in the meters - we have to commission, we have to test, we have to integrate that with a billing system, it’s not as simple as just about putting in the physical meter,” he said.
Mr Mullins said the process would begin “in a number of weeks”.
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