Although I have been a local authority member for almost 25 years, I cannot figure out how this scheme will operate. I have asked the county manager and several other council officials, but no one has to date been able to outline how the design, build and operate aspects of the scheme will affect the lives of people in the town, especially those in the business community. I have reservations about the design, build and operate scheme which will have major cost implications for the business community. There will be no real accountability. Under the conventional system there was accountability to local authority members who were able to address cost issues in the local authority estimates. Once a design, build and operate scheme is agreed and put in place local authority members will have no say. The county manager will receive a bill once a year and local authority members will have no choice but to levy charges across the business community. In this instance, it will not only be the business community which pays, farmers will also pay. The charge will probably relate to the amount of water used and the amount of sewage generated. While there is no way to control the amount of sewage generated, it will be possible to control and monitor the amount of water used by each business premises or farm.