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| Thread ID: 128922 | 2013-01-23 22:44:00 | Watercare Rort | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1324650 | 2013-02-01 08:36:00 | Auckland today, Wellington tomorrow, just a few driving for a super city against the wishes of the many. Water is likely to be in for a big overhaul, the Business Round Table led by Roger Kerr (RIP) pushed for privatisation for years, nobly resisted by that true gentleman Stuart Macaskill also RIP. Wellington's water comes mainly from a large catchment area in the southern Tararuas, managed by Wellington Regional Council. Heaven only knows what would happen if private enterprise got their grubby money making hands on it. What was that gigantic US firm that went down the gurgler because of dodgy accounting. They got their mitts on a lot of British council water and it was nothing but bad news for the users. They did the same in Brazil too. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1324651 | 2013-02-01 19:33:00 | Can't say that I like the idea of being charged for waste water volumes, or estimates of it. It's a fine line between that and being charged for all the rain water that your roof collects and discharges, with the next step being charged for 'run off' from the grounds into the gutters. THen the next thing you know some water company will be invoicing your local council for all the water collected and discharged from the roads (which will be levied against homeowners, on a for profit basis to the company behind the rort). Then flooding will no longer be the resonsibility of the company that fails to maintain the drains and pipes, it'll become the homeowners collective responsibility, coz it was their properties that collected and discharged all that floodwater. Act of God flooding will be replaced by fines for excessive discharge of rainwaters. Would you like to recieve a water discharge bill each time it rains heavily? |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1324652 | 2013-02-01 21:02:00 | Stormwater charges exist in the UK. That could be because they don't have a separate system for clean water and it all ends up in the same sewer. | PaulD (232) | ||
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