Schools fail to harvest rain and cut water bills [Independent.ie]
- Published: 28 February 2010
JUST one in four new schools have put rainwater harvesting systems in place to help reduce water bills, writes Paul Melia.
Of the 68 primary schools built between 2006-2008, just 16 have harvesting systems which would allow rainwater to be used to flush toilets and help reduce schools' water bills.
Yesterday Senator Dominic Hannigan told a sustainable planning conference organised by the Labour Party that harvesting systems should be a requirement in all new school -building programmes.
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