TASC：2013年水费报告（英文版）

Rationale was that they were unequally applied - some householders escaped water charges completely  Environmental groups opposed the abolition of charges and questioned the equity of funding water through general taxation instead of polluter pays.  No economic or environmental rationale given for the abolition of water charges.  As commercial properties were the only ones to pay water charges in most areas during this period - they were effectively subsidising the residential sector.