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> "George W. Frost" <frosty@iceworks.org> wrote in message 
> 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.
>> They will legislate and announce a    "Bulk Water Storage Tank Fee"
>
> will they indeed?
>
> 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.
>
> of course, common sense and conspiracy theories don't usually match.
>
>> 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.
>
> what a strange thing to say. you are charged for connection & supply 
> because nothing has changed - you still have connection & supply. you are 
> charged the same amount of usage as usual for the water that you use. when 
> you turn on the tap, water comes out (at a very cheap price), same as 
> ever. what's the problem?
>
>> 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.
>
> nobody in australia pays "top price" for water. water is even more 
> undervalued than petrol is. the price of town water will go up, for sure, 
> because it's being undercharged compared to its value.
>
> undoubtedly, when the price goes up, there will be a cacophony of 
> whingeing from conspiracy theorists (and generally greedy people who think 
> communal problems are supposed to be dealt with by everyone else, not 
> them).
>
>> Something doesn't sound quite right, it doesn't balance.
>
> you're not wrong there, but i think you're looking at the wrong thing.
> kylie


While you are at it, look at what  happened in this news item

You gotta love them,
it could only happen in the USA..............


or could it ??

http://www.ksl.com/index.php/?nid=148&sid=1444771