Water guzzlers continue while beaurocrats think ...

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

Rorters free to guzzle

31 March 2007

Southeast Queensland's biggest water guzzlers won't be warned to reduce consumption for at least another six weeks because bureaucrats need more time for "consultation".

While dam levels continue to drop, the state Water Commission has delayed the mailing of warning letters to 110,000 households – some using tens of thousands of litres a day – to wait for extra data late next month.

The delay comes as figures show residents are struggling to cut their consumption to less than what will be expected under level 5 restrictions, which begin in 11 days.

For the third straight week, regional consumption averaged more than 670 million litres a day, well above the looming level 5 target of 630 million litres.

See - Beaurocrats need more thinking time.