Sentence examples for water tax from inspiring English sources

But the government may increase a specialized water tax it charges these plants.

If cement plants aren't the issue, taxation without representation is, as it was on Long Island, where the Southampton Association, a watchdog group that includes part-time residents, helped fight a local water tax.

And there are plenty of proposals on the table that politicians should consider: be it a water tax, whereby those who used rivers to cool their factories will have to cough up, using agricultural subsidies as rewards for careful water usage, or a water limit across the industry.

He also defended the current commissioners' tenure together, saying Mr. Dignoti and two others had reduced the water tax rates in the town for the past three years, overseen the installation of a new, $3.5 million filtration system and instituted computerized billing.

This paper seeks to contribute to the literature by exploring the impact of a water tax in a developing country context, with Uganda as a case study.

A water tax, named dakapati was also charged for the water used from reservoirs.

Water taxes cost around 1,000 Australian dollars ($660) a year.

As for the water taxes, Mr. Schrade said, "We drink bottled".

Demand is curbed by high water taxes and efficient technologies, and Singaporeans are constantly exhorted to conserve every drop.

"Sewer, sanitation and water taxes are not fungible so they can't be used in the general fund.

"The reality is people are not paying for a reason — they are consciously using this to strike back," Cian Prendiville, a prominent organizer in the Campaign Against Household and Water Taxes, said in an interview.