Peter Sardelis waters his garden with irrigated water, similar to that available at Mawson Lakes. Picture: Sam Wundke Source: adelaidenow
THOUSANDS of residents in Mawson Lakes will be charged less for recycled water from July 1.
SA Water charges residents connected to the suburb's "purple pipe" network $2.59/kl for recycled water.
That compares with an average of $3.45/kl for mains water.
The charge for recycled water will be reduced to $2.18/kl from July to encourage more people to use it.
A spokesman for SA Water said recycled water used to be cheaper than mains water, however, "increases in potable water prices over the last four years" had increased the price.
He said that after July, recycled water would be the cheapest form of water supplied by SA Water.
Mawson Lakes resident Greg Wood said the price reduction was a little too late.
"Before we moved into Mawson Lakes we were told by the agent that recycled water was cheaper than mains water and you would have the perception that it would be," the 58 year old said.
"So we were pretty shocked when we received our first water bill after moving into the house more than 18-months ago to actually find that recycled water cost more than normal water.
"I think it's disgusting because it's an inferior product and we have no choice but to use it because it is plumbed to our toilets and outside - there isn't the option to use mains water outside."
SA Water supplies Mawson Lakes residents with recycled water using water from its Bolivar's waste water treatment plant and mixing it with Salisbury Council's recycled water.
Salisbury Council supplies SA Water with recycled water from it wetlands network for 61c a kilolitre.
A spokeswoman for Salisbury Council said it had no control over how SA Water set prices.
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