AndrewReimer said:

Is it time to question the relationship between government and business?

with all the hydro i've got my bill is gonna go through the roof

This is a water rates rising thread. Very little water is used with hydro set ups but your electricity bill will definitely rise.

im looking at the ecsol water filtration plant this could be the answer to save our water problems it may not change the price of the water bills but the idea can use water from the sea is great

very ture june

Hey hey easy everyone we gotta pitch in for
the lack of preventative maintenance savings oops sorry costs lol.

The lightning rapid response to leaks of any sort (which of course are unmetered) yet we get put on water restrictions geee the big gushers we see on TV wouldn't have anything to do with that just mind it doesn't bust ya house up when it happens.

The under paying of poor AMRS staff and the constant shafting they go through.

The payroll of SA Water and it's contractors.

Upkeep an expansions to water storage facilities
with banks ready to collapse.

Nice new fleet vehicles with sign writing and flashing lights and signs woohooo.

The comms on the GRN and PSTN.

They're beloved internet and associated crud.

The power for everything.

The advertising everyone loathe's.

The Desal plant and the lovely new builidng full of hard working white collars

That's just the tip of the rubbish dump lol.

And bottled water is no comparison they are two worlds apart mainly due to the cost of the water permit required.

Because SAwater buy and sell bulk hence why it's able to charge us a fraction of the cost of a bottled water company which if you care to notice
the majority are CCA (coca cola).

Quality of the water and transport cost's being another.

They're list gets just as len

Come on guys, there is no water shortage, it's just a commodity now and as little end users we are the easiest to take advantage of...
It's not as if we can say, we will get it from your competitor or that we can do without it...

bowler said:
Here we go again.Companies making profits, this is what happens when you privatise everything.There is no incentive to save water,in our household we used 17dollars of water and the bill came out at 60 dollars.

all this stinks of a labor govenment runnig mad with coruption with out the checks of an ICAC,Andrew reimer has a good point,but with out an icac for get it

Privatization sucks! Remember the good old days when governments managed EVERYTHING and did it well. These days the government manages NOTHING and still can't cope. The reason water is going up? Because it's cheap, that's why. Heaven forbid we taxpayers should have a break occasionally.

So much i want to say about this here but so hard to put into words how one can feel about the unjust running of the water system, So
why or how SA water exist and not a govt organisation? (why not buy it back)
Why they are allowed to make a profit. It is not a charity but it should be run more close to a non profit making organisation?
What is the ongoing yearly maintenance costsof the desal plant? It will need maintenance?
Why wasn't everyone given a water tank so we can freely collect our own water which will take the stress off the Murray? This would have two affects. No desal plant or ongoing maintenance.
Why are they not harvesting the salt and selling it to European countries which have a massive shortage in winter for salt on the roads due to snow
If so much water is bottled, should bottled water be stopped and where ever they get that water from actually be piped to the dams? According to stats they only take a grand total of 0.01% of water from the springs refer www.bottledwater.org.au
Just some thoughts i might be talking through my hat but thats all i have to say about that

half the reason the desal plant is costing so much is because they are flying in most of the parts on premium air freight. Go figure !!!!!!!!!!
Think of how many millions are being wasted for that one.
The problems of cost blow outs are only starting ....... think of the momumentous amount of money the feds have borrowed from overseas for this ridiculous " stimulous " really !!!!!!!!!!!!
We continue to be told that all is heading up its all getting better. The tough times are behind us........
I think we are in for a major shock as to how bad the cost of living is going to get. Thanks to labor.

we have a vacant property with no consumption and the bill was 95 bucks for services and other charges

wizzy said: we have a vacant property with no consumption and the bill was 95 bucks for services and other charges

OzRob said:

We started as a colony where the people were thieves. Now those in authority are the thieves.

Wrong. SA was settled by migrant colonists, not trasnsported criminals.

bowler said:
Here we go again.Companies making profits, this is what happens when you privatise everything.There is no incentive to save water,in our household we used 17dollars of water and the bill came out at 60 dollars.

Every body is missing the point !. The State Government needed a smart new way of raising large amounts of tax. What better way of doing so is to make a mark 2 version of SA Water (the Largest Revenue raiser of taxes )
The Desal Plant has arrived ! giving the Gov. the ability to raise vast sums of money for the next 100 years. Even if you don"t get water from it YOU WILL PAY big time, all of us. Water security, pull the other one.Money Security more likely !

The world is all about greed. If everyone just sat back took a breath and reviewed what they charged and changed to a reasonable charge there would be a big turn over which means more work more sales and more happy people.
Its a shame people only charge what they like not what it should be.
Someone said one day they will tax the air you breath, but are they not already doing that to divers lol

andyfish said:
half the reason the desal plant is costing so much is because they are flying in most of the parts on premium air freight. Go figure !!!!!!!!!!
Think of how many millions are being wasted for that one.

FootyJerk said:
with all the hydro i've got my bill is gonna go through the roof

I love the forward thinking State Government that we have.... Woops we need more water in a climate of possible Co2 human emissions contributing to Global warming. Let's ignore all the sensible suggestions and just build a massive coal consuming Desal plant.... Wow we have such a smart and forward thinking state government...... Aren't we lucky..... ( I must add that I think man made global warming is rubbish)... I just like the irony....... Forget Jim carrey we have Mike Rann and guess who, Mr Foley..... What Kev??? . Cheers