"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
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On 11/21/08 06:23 am Bob wrote:

How about the toilet tax in Austrailia

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24670784-2,00.html

Note that this is merely a proposal made to one State legislature.

Thirty years ago in Australia it was not uncommon to find toilet tanks with
two concentric handles: one for liquid-only flushing, the other for flushing
poop.

Here in W. Michigan, our township has two separate charges based on water
consumption: one is for its supply, the other for its disposal. This has the
disadvantage of charging the sewage-treatment fee on the water that in fact
gets sprinkled on our lawns, but we offset that to some extent by using
low-flush toilets and even then flushing as infrequently as possible.

Here in Seattle, the sewage charge is based on the water usage during the low
usage period (winter). Higher usage during summer for water is billed for the
water, but the sewage charge remains at the winter rate.