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Old 21-02-2012, 21:54   #37
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Re: Drought summit as rivers in England dry up

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.....and again, which is why I have not said I agree with England (or whoever) paying for it
Actually you did - you said "England" should pay the processing costs. And I pointed out that the WA administration could not find any lawful way of imposing any charge - even an at-cost charge - on the basis that the water was crossing a national border within the UK.

"England" could not be made to pay anything to Wales. The only payments that would need to be made would be between the company operating the reservoir and the consumers drinking the water. Whether the company or the consumers were English or Welsh would be entirely irrelevant.

The whole reason the debate was framed in these terms on the radio this lunchtime was of course because the Plaidos have an interest in creating an impression of difference between England and Wales. But outside of nationalist fantasy politics there is simply no legal framework that would allow any such arrangement to develop.

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None have - and my point is it's extremely unlikely to ever happen.
The point is entirely moot. The rainfall and the topography to capture and store it is located in Wales, and the large population centres are located in England.
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