Householders to be charged for each flush of toilet

[gaurav_indian]

Householders to be charged for each flush of toilet

HOUSEHOLDERS would be charged for each flush under a radical new toilet tax designed to help beat the drought.
The scheme would replace the current system, which sees sewage charges based on a home's value - not its waste water output.

CSIRO Policy and Economic Research Unit member Jim McColl and Adelaide University Water Management Professor Mike Young plan to promote the move to state and federal politicians and experts across the country.

"It would encourage people to reduce their sewage output by taking shorter showers,recycling washing machine water or connecting rainwater tanks to internal plumbingto reduce their charges,''Professor Young said.

"Some people may go as far as not flushing their toilet as often because the less sewage you produce, the less sewage rate you pay.''

Professor Young said sewer pricing needed to be addressed as part of the response to the water crisis.

"People have been frightened to talk about sewage because it is yucky stuff, but it is critically important to address it, as part of the whole water cycle,'' he said.

"We are looking at reforming the way sewage is priced and this plan will drive interest in the different ways water is used throughout Australia.''

The reform would see the abolition of the property-based charge with one based on a pay-as-you-go rate and a small fixed annual fee to cover the cost of meter readings and pipeline maintenance, Professor Young said.

The pay-as-you-go rate would provide financial savings for those who reduce their waste water output.

Professor Young and Mr McColl will promote the plan nationally through their Droplet, a newsletter whose 6000 subscribers include state and federal politicians, water policy specialists and economists around the country.

Professor Young said a sewage pricing plan, like the one proposed, was already used in the US.

"In places like the City of Bellaire, Texas (a virtual suburb of Houston), they do it and the system seems to work,'' he said.

"As nearly all of (the homes in) mainland Australia's cities and towns already have water meters, introduction of a volumetric charge, such as that used in the City of Bellaire, would not be difficult to implement.''

Mr McColl said the plan had to be viewed in the context of "the crucial issues surrounding water resources'' in Australia.

"We should be prepared for the (drought) situation we are going through now to occur again, as well as the potential impact of climate change, so we have to act now for the future,'' he said.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/stor...005369,00.html


What if this happens in india?Govt can collect billions of money as a tax if the below article is true.


'My life(meri nahi bhai Rewa Raam ki) cleaning Delhi's sewers'

India may be spending billions on its high tech space programme but its spending on sewers is decidedly low tech and deadly, reports the BBC's Rupa Jha.
I live smelling death, but it is fine.
Rewa Ram, sewer worker


I will never forget the sight of that thin short man, wearing nothing but cotton underpants, strapped into a harness arrangement, disappearing down into a dark manhole beneath the streets of my home city.

The diameter of the hole was so small that he bruised himself while slipping down.

Inside was a dark well, full of sewage, with giant cockroaches sticking to the wall.

Before he climbed in I asked him his name. I was really surprised when he answered flamboyantly, "Rewa Ram - Son of Khanjan."

I thought: "He must be educated, seems to speak some English." But when I asked him, he said: "No. I'm a complete illiterate."

When I looked down that hole into the drains of Delhi, the smell was overwhelming. Down below, he was coughing, trying hard to keep breathing.

He was struggling to clear a blockage with his bare hands.

Dizzying smell

All of a sudden, a pipe protruding into the drain above his head started spewing out water and human faeces that poured over his body.


I began to feel dizzy just looking down into this mess.

My nostrils were filled with that obnoxious smell, a bit like of rotten eggs. I wanted to vomit. I felt weak and wanted to run away from the smell.

I was born and brought up in India and for the past 15 years I have lived in Delhi, the capital city of one of the world's most rapidly growing economies. I am a member of the growing, upwardly mobile middle class.

I suppose I represent the "roaring Tiger" India, but I am regularly shocked and surprised when I see the struggle for dignity that so many face here.

Literally beneath the glitter of the big city lies a vast network of these dark drains, where so many Rewa Rams are struggling with toxic gases and human waste. They suffer disease and discrimination in return for cleaning the city's sewage system.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programme...nt/7872770.stm

[confused!!]

Reading the heading I thought this might be for India LOL

[gopi_vbboy]

shiit!

[gaurav_indian]

^^ S-H-I-T

[red_devil]

already people abroad use paper...now with this new rule i wouldn't be surprised if they start to wrap all their sh"IT" in paper and throw it out like normal waste :-P

[gaurav_indian]

^^ Or they can start using desi tareeka of taking 1 bottle with themselves in jungle.

[confused!!]

Originally Posted by n6300

already people abroad use paper...now with this new rule i wouldn't be surprised if they start to wrap all their sh"IT" in paper and throw it out like normal waste :-P

[cyber]

wtf

[Faun]

BEHOLD ! Here is the solution !

[gaurav_indian]

Originally Posted by T159

BEHOLD ! Here is the solution !

lol has anyone of you have seen that funny and famous scene from the movie "pushpak" Kamal Hasan was the actor.And it was without any dialogue.

[confused!!]

^^yes I remember it LOL

[utsav]

What abt the potty seat of kiddos?
It can b a nice substitute too

[alexanderthegreat]

And T only accuses digit forum of going bonkers! What has the world come to?!? And to think of all this as related to "saving the environment"! Ewww....

[Coool]

Originally Posted by n6300

already people abroad use paper...now with this new rule i wouldn't be surprised if they start to wrap all their sh"IT" in paper and throw it out like normal waste :-P