Council and its "name and shame" tactics ...

At the Council Committee meetings to be held on 6 and 7 June 2006, Toowoomba City Council will water down its "name and shame" tactic for high water users.

High-water users will be monitored and those who do not improve will have face-to-face interviews with Council officers. They will then have 3 months to improve their water usage or they will be reported to Council.

(In a sign of complete overkill, Council has developed a "comprehensive procedure" for the process of sending a letter to high water users and requesting a meeting with them!)

No names will be published in the Chronicle without Council approval.

Seems the public outrage (and related legal issues) have curtailed Council's previous view that high water users would be quickly named and shamed ...