雨水充足，但政府仍执意花高昂费用买水

近日阴雨连绵，墨尔本水库蓄水量飙升超过 70% 满，尽管如此雨水充足，维州政府仍耗费 2700 万澳币向维州海水淡化厂买水。

讽刺的是，由于墨尔本水库的水量过于充足，因此政府需将水坝的饮用水洩出，以便空出空间置放海水淡化厂购买的高价水。

简单来说，政府在雨水充足时，宁可倒掉免费的雨水，也要花高昂费用购买淡化水置入水库。 这种行为不但土豪，而且浪费，更是对纳税人辛苦钱的不负责任。

政府不应从海水淡化厂订购这批水，而羊毛出在羊身上，正由于政府的这个决定，墨尔本每个家庭将因此支付更昂贵的水费。 政府的浪费，竟要由全民来买单，实在荒唐。

英文版/ English version

Lots of rain, but government still buys expensive desalination water

There has been a lot of rain recently, and Melbourne’s water storages are now over 70% full.

Despite this, Victorian government has ordered $27 million of water to be produced by Victoria’s desalination plant.

Yet many of Melbourne’s water storages are so full that water will need to be poured out of our dams in order to leave room for the desalination plant water.

In other words, the government will be pouring away free rainwater so it can fit expensive desalination plant water into our storages!

The government should not have ordered this water from the desalination plant. Every Melbourne household and business will pay higher water bills because of the government’s foolish decision.