The Government’s plan to introduce water charges has been threatened by the Department of the Environment’s failure to prove that water actually exists.
Sources in the department say engineers have been working round the clock to prove the existence of water without success.
Water charges are an essential component of the department’s budgetary strategy.
“We are considering charging people for the idea of water until we can prove that water actually exists,” a spokesman said. ”
The spokesman said the fact that he was wearing a raincoat and wellies and carrying an umbrella did not necessarily indicate the existence of water.
