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   From: alangbaker@telus.net   
      
   In article ,   
    Gary  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   A litre is the volume of a cube 0.1 metres on a side.   
      
   So there are 1000 litres in a cubic metre.   
      
   So 319.5 million litres is 319,500 cubic metres.   
      
   At $0.85 per 1000 cubic metres, that would be $271.58   
      
   >   
   > 	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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