Perth householders face the prospect of the strictest sprinkler bans in WA history as the State Government yesterday refused to rule out a one-day-a-week roster over summer.The summer ban threat came as Water Minister Graham Jacobs introduced on-the-spot, $100 fines for water wasters, conceding the fines might mean nothing to some landowners who preferred a green lawn over water conservation.
The ban decision will be made by the middle of next month. Dam levels are hovering at just over 34 per cent, having dropped to two-thirds of last year's levels.
Dr Jacobs said spring rainfall had not been as high as expected and the stream flow remained at its lowest level since 1913.
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