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"0tterbot" <spl@t.com> wrote in message
> "len garden" <gardenlen2@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
> news:7arc93hhets939fthegmqu1hfclf8086pf@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:08:00 GMT, "0tterbot" <spl@t.com> wrote:
>>>"George W. Frost" <frosty@iceworks.org> wrote in message
>>>news:TMiki.4794$4A1.4528@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>>>>snipped
>>>
>>>will they indeed?
>>>
>> yes they will!!

Councils cannot "legislate" to do anything.  George got it wrong.

that is their plan. the falt rate charge will be for
>> ahving a water tank as i see it not for how much the tank holds but
>> there again they could go that way depending on the greed factor.
>
> why will they?

But more to the point, where is his and George's proof to support their 
claims?

It would make more sense for all Councils Australia-wide to levy water rates 
at a high rate on anyone with land of more than an eighth of an acre, and at 
the same time fast-track applications to approve the installation of water 
tanks for use as domestic water.

Supplying and maintaining water storage and delivery is an expensive 
business. Given the move over the last 10 years for all forms of authorities 
to get out of the business of doing anything for anyone that they possibly 
can, it surprises me that thias hasn't happened already.

>>>i wonder why it is then that nobody would be able to collate how many 
>>>litres
>>>people are storing in dams, etc; and nobody wants to, and nobody is 
>>>trying
>>>to. a few poxy town water tanks wouldn't be worth the bother, compared to
>>>charging for people's stored dam water.
>>>
>> and yes they are already gathering info on dam capacitites and they
>> already have rules that stipulate how much water you can trap for your
>> needs, all this can be done from high quality sattelite pictures,
>> they'll work on averages after all at the end of the day for them it
>> is all about control and profits.
>>
>> you try and put a dam in without paying the license and see what
>> happens, from experiences of others you'll get a knock on the door
>> pretty quickly.
>
> well, that's just not what happens around here :-) getting a dam in is 
> rather, ah, informal.

And Len has been too general in his comments about putting in dams.  What he 
could perhaps apply all over Qld but not in NSW.  There are many situations 
in NSW where there in no need to get any approval for installing a dam (and 
you may be interested in the following given your location).
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:8ucgaXsyKGUJ:test.dnr.nsw.gov.au/care/water/wr/pdfs/Farm_dams_assessment_guide.pdf+NSW+%22farm+dams%22+%22exempt%22+license&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au