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"George W. Frost" <frosty@iceworks.org> wrote in
news:TMiki.4794$4A1.4528@news-server.bigpond.net.au: 

> Nice to see the councils giving a rebate if you install rainwater
> tanks to connect to the toilet etc, but you wait and see what the
> councils have planned for the future.

Still doing it tough down south ?

My Council in NQ (along with several others) has a 3 year exemption on 
installing tanks for new houses. The reason: it's a huge waste of 
resources with little return. $5,000+ for the installation (under QDC 
25), value of water recovered $50 p.a. at the current penalty rate per 
kL. 
The containments are still full and the mighty Burdekin River flows on.
Better to spend the rebate and tank money on something that actually 
makes a difference !!


> They will legislate and announce a    "Bulk Water Storage Tank Fee"

I doubt this. Most Councils haven't enough plumbers to carry out their 
own essential work properly. It is probably unlawful to charge a fee for 
a service that isn't done. 

AFAIK no Council in NQ offers tank rebates. People who install a tank can 
get one from the State.
 
> It is really odd that Connex get fined thousands of dollars  for not 
> supplying trains to schedule and missed trains etc.
> Yet, all the water Boards seem to be exempt from any fees for not
> supplying water as needed.
> We are almost on level 4 restrictions all across the state, which
> means you cant use water as you like, yet we still have to pay top
> price for the supply of goods which we  are not allowed to have.
> Something doesn't sound quite right, it doesn't balance.

True. The cause is massive failure to predict and plan, vast amounts of 
water wasted on unsustainable crops like cotton, etc. etc. 
At the end of the day, its the large scale systems of collection and 
containment that will produce results, not fiddling at the micro level.

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