wrote on May 17^th, 2007 at 4:37pm:

You won't get potable water from the majority of wells because of all the pesticides and nitrates used on the soil.

Yes, an approach that would still be putting Saddam Hussein to shame if he were still alive...now we know what 'scorched earth policy' means.


wrote on May 17^th, 2007 at 4:37pm:

Don't forget all the Brits who haven't bothered with proper septic tanks and just dug pits.  ;)

Well, even a pit is better than what most Spaniards leave behind. I have inherited a straight pipe...straight into the barranco which, fortunately, has blocked so I have been forced to upgrade it. And my house is a registered dwelling. What evidence do you have that Brits haven't bothered? Most people will build a pit - unless you use a leach bed that it how a septic works. Numbers of people involved? Who is it that chucks any old garbage, chemical waste, building rubble and scrap metal over the nearest vertical edge? A practice that can only increase given the new Euro-controls on official dumps. My access road passes under a viaduct. You wouldn't believe the amount of rubbish that the railway workers chuck off it that we have to move to be able to drive by. When was the last time you saw a Brit labouring on the railway?


wrote on May 17^th, 2007 at 4:37pm:

PS. In Catalan language mags a bore hole is averaging 44Euros a metre. P'raps it's more if you are British.

I'd like to know which Catalan language mags. The Catalans I know have paid on average 65 Euros a metre (lined). Certainly prices for a lot of things are more expensive if you're a Brit. I just make a disgusted gesture and walk away. There is always another builders merchants down the road. And when did you ever see a Catalan quote a price up front?