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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1982

YEAR.

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WATER CHARGES TO GO UP 20 PER CENT

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WATER CHARGES WILL GO UP BY 20 PER CENT FROM APRIL 1 THIS

ANNOUNCING THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, THE SECRETARI FUR LANDS, AND WORKS, THE HON DAVID MCDONALD, SAID THAT

AN INCREASE IN THE CHARGE FOR WATER WAS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MEET IN SOME MEASURE THE ADDITIONAL COST OF OPERATING THE WATERWORKS.

+THI SE ADDITIONAL COSTS ARISE PRIMARILY FROM THE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER, THE PRINCIPAL FACTORS BEING THE INCREASED VOLUME OF WATER REQUIRING PUMPING AND THE ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN PUMPING COSTS THE INCREASE IN SALARIES ARISING FROM AN EXPANDING SERVICE AND REVISIONS IN SALARY IN THE INTERVENING PERIOD AND THE COST OF ADDITIONAL QUANTITIES OF WATER FROM CHINA COUPLED WITH THE NEW RATE WHICH BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 1982, + HE SAID.

+THESE FACTORS HAVE RESULTED IN THE IN-YEAR PRODUCTION COSTS INCREASING FROM $9.5 PER UNIT IN 1979/80 TO $13.3 PER UNIT IN 1982/83, AN INCREASE OF 40 PER CENT.+

THE NEW CHARGES ARE I

DOMESTIC CHARGES

UNITS PER 4-MONTH BILLING PERIOD

5-8

-

9 14

15 20

OVER 20

CHARGE PER UNIT

PRESENT RATE

NEW RATE

NIL

NIL

3

3.6

5.5

6.6

8.5

10.2

12

14.4

5.5

6.6

TRADE SUPPLIES

SHIPPING SUPPLIES

NON OCEAN-GOING SHIPPING

5.5

6.6

OCEAN-GOING SHIPPING

12

14.4

CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES

8.5

10.2

/PREPAID SUPPLIES

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