Boiled water notices are infuriating, inconvenient and aggravating. I empathise with the 600K people in the Dublin region, but I am perplexed that Government allows many rural areas to suffer them for years on end while refusing to allocate funds for crucial new water schemes.Boiled water notices are infuriating, inconvenient and aggravating. I empathise with the 600K people in the Dublin region, but I am perplexed that Government allows many rural areas to suffer them for years on end while refusing to allocate funds for crucial new water schemes.