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"David Hare-Scott" wrote:

I am all for such simple schemes. Water rates that have a sliding scale
so that the profligate pay more per kilolitre would be a good start.
There would have to be a special hardship clause or shower timers for
those with daughters though :-)

My Dad told me that in Sydney, years ago, there was a basic amount of water
that you got at a flat rate. This was apparently so that people didn't save
water by refraining from washing their bodies and clothes!

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