submission to the independent pricing and regulatory tribunal of new south wales prices for water sewerage stormwater services 1 july 2003 30 june 2005 september 2002 table contents section one introduction two better performance customer 3 three demand 10 four expenditure 18 five financial outcomes 28 six proposals impacts 31 appendix determinations required 40 miscellaneous charges 46 trade waste 63 all over world authorities face challenge providing growing urban populations more than billion people lack access safe drinking while 2 8 do not have effective sanitation sydney is a far cry from such dire circumstances here sustainability as increasing population places pressure on natural resources including today provides wastewater some 4 million in metropolitan illawarra blue mountains this expected rise 5 by end decade sustainable
