With all due respect,

I agree that SOME city people use ridiculous amounts of water, I have
seen it. But by far the biggest wasters of water in large cities are
businesses.
But you have to consider that installing a tank in a surburban area is
not as easy as backing up that 32ft tray truck the tanks come in on,
hoisting it up with the Hiab crane and plonking it down into position. I
know that's how it's done in the country, but what do you do if you have
no access to the place you want the tank to go? Who pays for the crane
hire? It increases the costs of a tank install a LOT, and that's
probably why larger towns get the rebate, to offset costs a bit. You do
know a small crane costs at least $500 an hour?
Most rural properties also have simple gravity fed tank systems, urban
installations are far more complex. Often the tank wil be downhill from
the house, requiring pumps.
So what if someone wants to wash their car with the rainwater they
save? Isn't it far better than using town water?
Did you know that in large cities you have to wash your car? The
pollution pretty quickly destroys them if you don't, and a lot of us
can't afford to swap cars every 3 years......most people I know don't
water their lawns either......
It's not a cash reward, it's a rebate. For some, that money may be the
difference between installing a tank and not. Have you considered that
some people don't have a spare $1500 for even a modest tank???
It's easy to be idealistic if you don't have to live the situation.....

Regards, Andrew.



len gardener wrote:

with you charles,

whilst ever folk hold out for some cash reward things will never
change. we live in rural qld no mention of reimbursing rural folk, bit
one sided hey? but then if we don't do it then we don't got no water
hey? that simple.

with all these city folks panicking because they can't water the lawn
or wash the rust bucket, how many times do they flush waste water
(urine) down the toilet with perfectly good drinking water??

how many have given up showers so they can share the same bath water?
how many use their grey water for lawns (wastefull folley) and/or
gardens? how many use good looking bath water to wash a few clothes?

might be get real time or at least bite the bullet time?

len

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