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I refer to your article on 22 February, Tapping into Water Savings, where a private van park in West Tweed has been given $5,000 by the Tweed Shire Council to go towards replacing their single-flush toilets with dual-flush models.

Apparently the major eligibility criterion for this largesse with ratepayer funds is the private van park in question is one of the Top 20 water-consuming businesses in the shire!

Can anybody please explain to me why ratepayer dollars have to be handed over to a private business in order that it can pay less for its annual water usage, especially given the fact the council regularly cries poor when it comes to providing basic services?

Greg Williams, Tweed

 

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