Vic: Regional Vics could face water price hikes, Bracks

AAP General News (Australia)
04-11-2007
Vic: Regional Vics could face water price hikes, Bracks

Premier STEVE BRACKS says regional Victorians will have to pay up to 20 per cent more
for water .. unless the federal government puts its hand in its pocket.

Mr BRACKS says water prices will inevitably rise across Australia as more infrastructure
is needed .. but the extent of the increases in Victoria depends on federal funding.

He says the new super pipe in Ballarat and Bendigo is being paid for by his government
and the water authorities .. and prices will need to be rise by 20 per cent unless the
federal government steps in.

A 110 kilometre pipe will connect Ballarat to the Goulburn-Murray river system .. as
part of a 204 million water dollar supply package.

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KEYWORD: WATER VIC (MELBOURNE)

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