Editorial: Water the Hell is Going On???

THIS season my green thumb has been a distinct shade of brown.

Juggling children and a business my garden has fallen by the wayside which can be clearly seen in my front garden, hardly the lush green it once was in previous seasons.

I don’t own a swimming pool, I haven’t set up wet and wild attractions in my backyard, began breeding dolphins or installed a blue string equine inspired fountain in my backyard, so I was completely gobsmacked to open an $800 water bill!

I’ve contacted Council to ask what in the hell has possibly happened, but have not yet had a response.

But I am not hopeful any response would be helpful.

I expect some diatribe about how their water metres are working fine and that I must have used an inordinate amount of water.

Did anyone else open their water bill and feel like Council has thrown them in the deep end?

UPDATE: I’ve had a response from Council suggesting topping up my pool could have increased the amount of water I have consumed…but I don’t have a pool. Anyway they suggested I read my metre and see what I have consumed in the last 15 days (since my last reading) which was 17 kilolitres. Even at the highest rate of water rates this would still mean I would be paying $3.74 a day in water consumption, yet the bill claims I have been consuming on average $7.83 a day??!!? Something is definitely fishy here.

Elizabeth Flaherty
Editor, scone.com.au