🚀 go-pugleaf

len garden <gardenlen2@bigpond.com> wrote in
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...
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>>will they indeed?
>>
> yes they will!! 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.
> 
>>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.

No kidding? 

I guess this might explain why people are continuing to move to the north 
and far north?

There's no shortage of water, but in many areas there is a shortage of 
soil which is capable of producing crops and not already under 
production. Plenty of duplex soils, old alluvial clays. 
Property values have gone through the roof in recent years even on the bd 
stuff.
In some areas you might require an operational works permit to construct 
a dam. But - trust me - this particular compliance officer won't be 
spying on it. Too much work to do already :-)