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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by Black Orchid » Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:17 pm

How can tank water be far more expensive than tap water? I don't know about QLD but water is expensive in NSW. EVERYTHING is now expensive in NSW.

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by BigP » Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:52 pm

Where I am, we pay around $15 a month supply charge, and around a buck per 1000 litres And on top of that, the shit falls relentlessly from the sky at this time of year, I have a 5 cubic meter tank attached to the garage to colect water for the stock, even though we are on town supply, When the zombie apocalypse arrives we will be sorted

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by BigP » Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:55 pm

In NZ nobody owns the water , councils can only charge you the cost of extracting, filtering and piping it to you, If you wish to draw water you need to get resource consent but there is no charge for the water

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by sprintcyclist » Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:20 pm

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by freediver » Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:45 pm

Black Orchid wrote:
Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:17 pm
How can tank water be far more expensive than tap water? I don't know about QLD but water is expensive in NSW. EVERYTHING is now expensive in NSW.
Do the maths. That's how.

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by BigP » Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:51 pm

freediver wrote:
Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:45 pm
Black Orchid wrote:
Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:17 pm
How can tank water be far more expensive than tap water? I don't know about QLD but water is expensive in NSW. EVERYTHING is now expensive in NSW.
Do the maths. That's how.
Not much of a contribution BigF, could you elucidate ?

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by freediver » Sat Jul 28, 2018 3:05 pm

Calculate how much the water costs from each system. Compare them. Tank water is more expensive.

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by BigP » Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:06 pm

freediver wrote:
Sat Jul 28, 2018 3:05 pm
Calculate how much the water costs from each system. Compare them. Tank water is more expensive.

The problem I have is with the terminology of tank water, What is it ?

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by freediver » Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:46 pm

It is water from a tank.

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Re: Rain or tap water for garden

Post by BigP » Sat Jul 28, 2018 5:11 pm

freediver wrote:
Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:46 pm
It is water from a tank.
And where does the water in the tank come from?

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