Water scarcity means prices will be set to rise, write Ben Cubby and Erik Jensen. The year is 2050, and Sydney is dry. Climate change has ravaged the city and battles are fought around one of the only functioning water filtration plants.
Household water bills are spiralling upwards as states struggle to expand desalination and recycling. Further rises are predicted.
Of the 59 main water utilities in urban Australia, 53 increased residential water bills in the 2008-09 financial year, according to the National Water Commission's performance audit.
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