Refuse charges battlelines drawn - We are at a significant crossroads

If only for a moment, set aside the Fawlty Towers ineptitude that condemned water charges.

Refuse charges battlelines drawn - We are at a significant crossroads

Forget, for another moment, that despite all of the political capital squandered, despite all the opportunism — and the preying, principle-free opportunists — we still don’t have a revenue stream dedicated to upgrading our water supply.

All that time, all the energy invested in a badly needed civic project achieved nothing. The Victorian pipes. More than 40% — a lot more in some areas — of drinking water is lost.

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