Entry 1885 ~ November 18, 2008

Sip and pay water drive

Money raised from a "token sum" charged during Drink for Change is to be used by the businesses to install water-saving measures, but it has raised concerns that it could be a softening-up step towards making charging for tap water an accepted practice.

So, the business can't make enough of a profit off customers to do this normally, so they'll charge us for the glass of water?

Chamber spokesman Chris James said the campaign had a strong symbolic element.

Symbolic all right. Symbolic of how desperate the owners are to make more money.

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