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MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND URBAN SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Water - Consumption Figures

QUESTION NO 185

Ms Follett - asked the Minister for Finance and Urban Services

(1) What was the average household consumption of water for each of the last ten financial and calendar years?

(2) What were the household water consumption levels by household consumption deciles for the most recent financial and calendar years?

Mr Duby - the answer to the Leader of the Oppositions question is as follows:

(1) Full statistics to answer these questions are not available for a variety of reasons. Segregation of data for household consumption is not uniformly achievable and may not be completely reliable and consistent. However ACTEW have assessed the following use from the limited statistics available

Calendar/ Average Household

Billing Year Consumption - kilo-litres

1983 580

1984 320

1985 470

1986 450

1989/90 400

The assessed use by deciles for the year ended 30 June 1990 is

Percent of properties Water consumption exceeded

kilo-litres

10 620

20 525

30 470

40 420

50 375

60 335

70 285

80 240

90 175

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