QWC a damp sponge on water wasting businesses ...

No big stick being taken to big business on water savings.

Excerpt from the Courier Mail:

Industry failing to toe line on level 6

29 November 2007

Tough talk by the Queensland Water Commission has yet to result in major fines against businesses flouting water restrictions.

More than 100 businesses in southeast Queensland – each using more than 10 million litres of water a year – have yet to submit plans for reducing consumption.

After missing a state deadline in July, the companies risked fines of up to $124,875 from councils.

But so far the biggest councils in the region have penalised only nine businesses with fines of $750.
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