Water cost to increase

Water costs are about to rise again, with the cost expected to rise even more over the next couple of years.

ninemsn 12 May 2008

After the privitisation of Melbourne’s water, there has been no upgrade of the infrastructure, as previously done whilst in the government’s hands.

It is a direct fault of every government of the day in power that has lead to the current water shortage that we have.

Each government has neglected to take on the task of a desalination plant, as it would be taken from it’s budget, but in the scheme of the order of the new world, subcontracting these services is the norm, under the excuse that the government has not the financial capacity to do so, which is utterly incorrect.

The government is now expecting to delay the current plans to build a desalination plant, as there are reports that there will be water abundance in approximately 5 years.

No doubt that in the near future drinking water will not be available from the tap as it is currently, Melbourne’s water is touted as one of the world’s best (straight from the tap).

Those days will be long gone soon, and the monopoly of water sales will be in the hands of a Corporate Giant.

The end result being that the general public will be robbed of their money for a resource that has been deliberately deteriorated by each and every government in power.

Lets just blame the drought - Australia has ALWAYS had a drought !!! - Just ask Burke and Wills