Public support for usage-based water charging

Public support for usage-based water charging
Metering and volumetric charging for water reduces overall usage. (Image: Getty)
Oliver Lewis
Decision-makers are being urged to harness the results of a new survey that suggests that most people are happy to pay for water based on usage. That would require water service providers/local authorities to look at installing water meters to enable volumetric charging where this isn’t already the case. A Kantar Public survey commissioned by the Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga, asked a representative sample of 3002 people for their perspective on the fairest way for households to pay towards piped water, electricity and...

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