XPost: van.general   
   From: gary@spamblok.com   
      
   On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 14:06:39 -0700, JM wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >> Under the new rules, large-scale users now able to use water without   
   >> limit and without cost will pay an annual fee and 85 cents for every   
   >> 1,000 cubic metres of groundwater used.   
   >>   
   >> For example, a Nestle Canada plant in Hope, B.C., that bottles an   
   >> estimated 71 million imperial gallons ¡X 319.5 million litres ¡X of   
   >> water for sale annually, would pay about $265, Polak said.   
   >>   
   >> Overall, the new fees for groundwater are expected to put $5 million   
   >> annually into the provincial coffers. By comparison, the fee regime   
   >> for surface water that has been in place for many years, generated   
   >> about $7 million a year.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > The arthmetic is correct.   
   > There are 1000 litres in one cubic metre.   
   > So, 319,500,000/1000/1000*$0.85 = $271.50   
      
   > That's the "variable" part. What is not disclosed is the amount of the   
   > annual fee. Hopefully, it's going to be a little bit more significant   
   > than $270.00 plus or minus spare change.   
      
   	Thanks.  Litres, cubic metres, I had no idea of their   
   relationship.   
      
   	Now I'm wondering if there wasn't a mis-reporting of the   
   rates.  Because $270 bucks seems like a ridiculously low fee   
   for a corporation to pay for what seems to be a sizeable   
   amount of water.  (I'm trying to picture 71 million imperial   
   gallons of water.  I can't.)  I'd think the administration   
   costs of implementing the fee would be higher than that.   
   Why even bother?  Why not just stick with the annual fee?   
      
   - Gary   
      
   	   
      
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