Water bills to soar as population overruns supply

Wednesday 20 November 2019

With Australia’s population ballooning on the back of mass immigration, and projected to add around 360,000 people a year until 2066:

And Sydney’s population projected to nearly double to 9.6 million people over the next 48 years:

Water bills are set to rise as demand overruns supply:

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.