Stop the commercial sale of Public fresh water or charge per litre to the Government

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Stop the commercial sale of Public fresh water or charge per litre to the Government

Posted by 47sc on November 28, 2016

Local authorities have abused the rights of New Zealanders by allowing companies both foreign & domestic to harvest NZ fresh water for personal gain with little or no return to the local NZ community. If it is allowed to continue it should be regulated & there should be a fair charge for each litre taken.

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  • tagged this with essential 2016-12-03 22:43:05 +1300
  • commented 2016-12-03 06:50:48 +1300
    Our water is a national resource. If minerals were discovered and extraction rights granted to a company by local council or government, they would then be paying royalties to us. It should be the same with water. I think it is galling that after the water contamination crisis in Hawkes Bay, local people then ended up having to buy (back) the water they needed from a foreign company in their locale that had been granted the right to extract and ship local water overseas virtually for free by their own council!
  • tagged this with essential 2016-12-03 06:50:47 +1300
  • commented 2016-11-30 22:16:18 +1300
    Agreed completely: I believe Fiji charges 15c/litre so we should charge 20c/litre
  • tagged this with essential 2016-11-30 15:29:17 +1300
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  • tagged this with essential 2016-11-30 06:55:49 +1300
  • commented 2016-11-29 21:17:47 +1300
    Absolutely essential.. the acquifier does NOT belong to any council above it. The aquifier needs to learly be nationalised. its health and sustainability belongs to every Kiwi
  • tagged this with essential 2016-11-29 21:17:47 +1300
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  • commented 2016-11-28 23:21:20 +1300
    Do who benefit? The local councils? My understanding is it’s a small consent fee (usually for administration cost) for a certain amount over a given time. Here’s an example from 2015 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11454222
  • commented 2016-11-28 23:02:49 +1300
    Do they benefit? If they do then is it an issue?
  • tagged this with interesting 2016-11-28 23:02:48 +1300
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