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Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Additional feedback you provide will be used to help Melbourne Water’s decision making process for its 2016 Price Submission, and to evaluate the consultation process.
Please start the survey now by clicking Continue below. |
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* 1. How we pay for the Victorian Desalination Project
Please indicate your final recommendation to Melbourne Water in terms of which option for paying for the Victorian Desalination Project you would ultimately prefer Melbourne Water to adopt for the next 5-year pricing period (2016/17 – 2020/21). You may feel exactly the same way as you did in the focus group, or you may feel differently since then.
Feel free to look at the table below to see what the various options would mean for your household or business, based on your property ownership status and average daily water use. Note that this information was simplified following your feedback in the focus group so that it was easier to understand (e.g. we removed the middle scenario, rounded to the nearest dollar and showed the total resulting amount to be paid across the remaining 50-year life of the desalination plant if the price reduction is applied for the next five years and the payments are spread over the longer period).
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* 2. Have you changed your mind on this option since the focus group? |
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| 3. Please outline why you think Melbourne Water should take that approach, including any reasons you may feel differently now. | | |
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* 4. The Waterways and Drainage Charge
Thinking again about the Waterways and Drainage Charge, please indicate which of the following options is your ultimate recommendation for Melbourne Water to adopt for the Waterways and Drainage Charge – specifically for non-residential / business customers.
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* 5. Have you changed your mind on these options since the focus group? |
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| 6. Please outline why you think Melbourne Water should take that approach, including any reasons you may feel differently now. | | |
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* 7. If the flat-rate approach were to be adopted for non-residential customers (and as mentioned in the focus group, this is by no means decided), which price point do you think Melbourne Water should consider introducing? The chart below shows different options for what the non-residential rate would be compared with the residential rate in order for Melbourne Water to secure the same amount of money to provide the waterways and drainage services.
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| 8. Feel free to offer any additional comments about the potential flat rate approach here. | | |
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The remaining questions are about the session itself. Please give us your honest feedback so we can make these sorts of sessions better in future. |
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9. How would you rate the overall quality of the Melbourne Water focus group you attended?
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10. And how would you rate the following aspects of the focus group?
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* 11. Do you think the length of the session was…? |
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| 12. What would have been the ideal length of time for this research session? | | |
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13. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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| 14. Do you have any final comments or questions about the research session or the topics covered, including suggestions for improving future sessions or the way Melbourne Water engages with people? | | |
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