Acclaimed Wetland Was The Result Of Leaky Pipe

Ananova ^ | 3-6-2004

[blam]

Acclaimed wetland was result of leaky pipe

An ecologically-acclaimed wetland in the grounds of a school in Taiwan turned out to be the product of a leaking water pipe.

The wetland was the pride and joy of students at Taipei's Kungkuan Elementary School for almost three decades.

The school had just received a £130,000 grant to turn the wetland into an ecology park to house butterflies and insects, reports the China Times Express.

The embarrassment surfaced after water authorities, acting on a report by a nearby resident, checked the school's water pipes and found the leak last month, the paper said.

Since then, the leak had been plugged and the wetland fountain had stopped gushing.

Water authorities estimated the leak had cost the school at least £165,000 over the last 27 years. Since plugging the leak, monthly water bills had fallen from £660 to £130.

[blam]

It is my opinion that the correct way to write this headline would be:

Acclaimed Wetland Was The Result Of A Leaky Pipe.

Am I correct?

[Reelect President Dubya]

The school had just received a £130,000 grant to turn the wetland into an ecology park to house butterflies and insects, reports the China Times Express...

...Water authorities estimated the leak had cost the school at least £165,000 over the last 27 years. Since plugging the leak, monthly water bills had fallen from £660 to £130.

If they bother to do the math they might find out that it is a money-making proposition to open the spigot again.

[AntiGuv]

Headline writers hate articles...

[stands2reason]

FF you have the enviro-ping list, correct?

[farmfriend]

FF you have the enviro-ping list, correct?

Correct.

Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

[Kirkwood]

Hilarious!

[DJ Frisat]

Nice to know commons sense prevails in some part of the world. Here, the plumber who stopped the leak would be branded an eco-terrorist, fined and imprisoned for destroying a wetland.

[Ole Okie]

Here, the plumber who stopped the leak would be branded an eco-terrorist, fined and imprisoned for destroying a wetland

And you ain't kiddin' one little bit.

Let's hear it for the envirowackos! Boo, boo, boo!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Money making for the school and the water utility. However, it was costing the taxpayers TWICE, once for the water and once for the "wetland" project.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!