00:00Golf Club manager Hayden Roberts is already concerned about bills.
00:06Rates have recently gone up, water looks like it's going to go up, insurance goes up.
00:12But Taz Waters' proposal to lift water bills by more than 35% by 2030 has added to his worries.
00:20He expects it would significantly increase his golf club's current $18,000 annual water bill.
00:28Back of the envelope we're looking at $24,500 raising up to.
00:34The proposed bill hike has frustrated many Tasmanians.
00:38The councils in Taswater need to be able to justify why they are choosing to put this kind of price rise on the bills of the Tasmanian community.
00:48Taswater says it would fund major projects throughout the state.
00:52Hobart's Ridgway Dam would get a $143 million upgrade.
00:57And $31 million would be spent on the Self's Point sewage treatment plant.
01:03There would be $97 million in safety upgrades to a reservoir near Burnie.
01:08And a $355 million overhaul of the Tea Tree Bend sewage treatment plant at Launceston.
01:16The local government association, whose members own 90% of Taswater, says those projects will enable more housing and development.
01:26Tea Tree Bend here in Launceston is a classic example.
01:29If we want big development, we have to upgrade Tea Tree Bend because it's at capacity.
01:34Taswater has 110 sewage treatment plants throughout the state.
01:39But only 9% comply with environmental laws.
01:44Much of its spending over the next four years would be on bringing them up to scratch.
01:49Smaller treatment plants would be replaced with larger, more efficient ones.
01:54We all want increased development for our housing crisis.
01:57We have to have infrastructure that complements it.
02:00We can't build houses without water and sewage.
02:02The final decision on the Taswater proposal now rests with the Tasmanian Economic Regulator.
02:08It has shot down similar proposals in the past.
02:11In 2019, it shrank a proposed 7.9% bill hike to 4.6%.
02:18The regulator is expected to make a draft recommendation in February.
02:23The next step will drop a vote during the Nosfer to Beasley pid.
02:32The next step will be on the running right on the empty desk to get their full profile.
02:34The next step will be in the next step.
02:36The next step will be on the Monday.
02:38The next step is to make the effort of theack of the Pριos feed.
02:40At the moment at the bottom of the National Council.
02:41The first step will be on the National Council.
02:43The next step will remain on the national council at which we start with.
02:46That's the final step, please.
02:47The next step will be on the local council at the next.
02:48The second step will be on the front of the National Council at the National Council.
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