Brisbane water waste ...

From the Courier Mail:

Burst water main 'ignored' for five days
21feb06

BRISBANE Water Corporation ignored a water main break for possibly up to five days as thousands of litres went down the drain.

At the height of southeast Queensland's water crisis, drinking water streamed for 150m down Grindle Rd in Rocklea, an industrial area of south Brisbane.

Fiona Baunach, an administrator at Pickles Auctions, saw the torrent when she arrived for work yesterday morning and immediately alerted Brisbane Water.

An inspector who came half an hour later said the company intended to let the water spill all day because it did not want to inconvenience businesses by turning off the taps.

Ms Baunach's co-worker said water had been running down the street since Thursday.

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