Labour to Tax Water

[minimoke]

Some farmers are incredibly inefficient and wasteful; they have to go or adapt and stop wasting our resource and contributing more pollution(nitrification with too much runoff)
.

That i suspect is a townys view. Have you heard of evaportranspiration or know why its efficient to irrigate on a rainy day.

The cost of pumping water is enormous - do you seriuosly think farmers pump if they dont need to?

[Joshuatree]

Lots of great farmers and Irrigators; but when something is free , well you know what happens; its not valued or cared for; user pays will upskill with better more efficient, conserving ,operating with exciting new monitoring tech etct o support this e.g. drones.

[blackcap]

Lots of great farmers and Irrigators; but when something is free , well you know what happens; its not valued or cared for; user pays will upskill with better more efficient, conserving ,operating with exciting new monitoring tech etct o support this e.g. drones.

I don't think you read the bit where it says that the cost of pumping water is enormous. It already costs plenty to pump water. A farmer does not pump any more than is necessary. No need for userpays.

[minimoke]

Lots of great farmers and Irrigators; but when something is free , well you know what happens; its not valued or cared for; user pays will upskill with better more efficient, conserving ........

I see we are going to have to keep repeating it because the message is not getting through. The water is not free! It costs a heck of a lot to get it from its source to the user. And that costs attracts GST already

[blackcap]

I see we are going to have to keep repeating it because the message is not getting through. The water is not free! It costs a heck of a lot to get it from its source to the user. And that costs attracts GST already

LOL I think JT thinks that the farmers irrigating water comes from the "council supply" :P

[minimoke]

LOL I think JT thinks that the farmers irrigating water comes from the "council supply" :P

I dont think he is thinking at all - just regurgitating the mantra.

[Snow Leopard]

If so PT 2.5 million litres =2500 cumetres x .02cents =$50

2500 * 0.02c = 50c (or $0.50)

Come on JT, lift you game here.

So what is it actually supposed to be
2cents per litre
or
2 one hundredths of a cent per cubic metre
or
maybe do you want to make another one up?

Best Wishes
Paper Tiger

[Joshuatree]

PT what waterless planet are you on; its 2 c per thousand litres we are working on here.. This is NZ.

[Snow Leopard]

PT what waterless planet are you on; its 2 c per thousand litres we are working on here.. This is NZ.

Well if it is 2c per 1,000 litres (or 1 cumec) then why did you not write that then?

Why did you first write 2c per litre

and then why did you write 0.02 cents per cumec?

You seem to think that you you can chuck out any old rubbish and have people blindly accept it?

And you think I am on a different planet?

[Joshuatree]

Ok i omitted cubic on one post but not the others; you haven't been following the thread but stalking me Oh tiger tiger