Spinalonga is a relatively small island just off Crete. It is one of the most arid places in the world. In the 1920's the Greek Government housed all its lepers on the island. When the rest of Greece barely had enough wells to supply water, Spinalonga was give running water in the homes of the lepers and hospital etc. The natural water was stored (and still is) in large underground caverns where the water was purified by limestone slabs. You've got to hand it to lepers. They married within the island had children who did not have leprosy and were handed to childless couples on the mainland for adoption.
Ireland has too much water, too little lepers (except for this forum). We have so much water we could supply the rest of the world quite easily. And we waste the stuff, fail to store it,we try to charge people for it. Then there's Irish Water - God Save Us from Irish Waste-the-Lot-Water. Close it before it does more damage and bring in a few Greeks who'll resolve our water problems with a few caves and some limestone slabs. Better again, bring in a few Dutch people too. They'll get our water act together once and for all.
Ireland has too much water, too little lepers (except for this forum). We have so much water we could supply the rest of the world quite easily. And we waste the stuff, fail to store it,we try to charge people for it. Then there's Irish Water - God Save Us from Irish Waste-the-Lot-Water. Close it before it does more damage and bring in a few Greeks who'll resolve our water problems with a few caves and some limestone slabs. Better again, bring in a few Dutch people too. They'll get our water act together once and for all.