Water Meter Survey Shows 29% for Meters and River Recharge
The Kāpiti water meter phone survey involving 1200 households shows just 29 per cent want meters and the river recharge scheme favoured by the KCDC.
The biggest proportion of those surveyed – 44% — want the KCDC to build a dam.
It has also been suggested unofficially, the results reveal ‘ambivalence’ on the question of water meters.
The main findings are:
- 38% support a dam
- 29% support option 1 (stage 1 river recharge and water meters)
- 15% support full river recharge and no meters
- 44% agreed that the CRAG recommendation of a 50/50 charging split was fair, 35% disagreed and 21% said they couldn’t answer the question
- 85% said they had read the Council information on water issues
The survey firm, UMR Research, says the survey — held between May 12 and May 17 — has an accuracy of plus or minus 2.8%.
The research team warns against attaching too much credence to the smaller samples – those involving less than 100 interviews. They say these readings should be seen as ‘indicative’.
Council received the survey results and won’t be commenting in the meanwhile.
The results will now form part of the submission process for consideration by elected members next week.
As a participant I want to clarify the shonky UMR survey results.
Questions were clearly aimed at getting a particlaur answer. I said I would not answer the question about “fairness” of the CRAG charging proposal becasue I did not support compulsory water meters and volumetric charging in principle, so it was illogical to lend support to the proposed charging regime.
I have obviously been included in the “unable to answer the question” category. I did answer all the questions and I expect many others gave similar answers. 35% plus 21% = 56% and i expect that is the total which rejected the CRAG proposal one way or another. The answers of those who, like me, chose to say they would not comment on the CRAG proposal because they opposed meters in principle are invisible in this survey which is worth nothing and yet another complete waste of ratepayers’ money.
Lyndy McIntyre, Paekakariki
Hi,
After my submission on the 31 May 2012, e-copies will be available of all three anti water meter / whorehouse ‘refurbishments’ / Wanted Posters at:
ilovewatermeters@hotmail.com