• The government, therefore, does not necessarily cap what water companies can charge their customers.

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  • The state government confesses it can no longer supply potable water free of charge, and has introduced monthly fixed charges - but only residents in affluent neighbourhoods, like Victoria Island, Lekki and Ikoyi, pay.

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  • Colloidal silver is a solution of submicroscopic particles of pure silver suspended in water by an electric charge on each particle.

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  • The method works because the electrical field polarises the electric charge on water molecules in the air around the icy tip and then draws them in electrostatically.

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  • The civil servant who was in charge of water privatisation, Sir Patrick Brown, has said that the customer "should have done better" when the industry was privatised.

    BBC: Special Report

  • The civil servant who was in charge of water privatisation, Sir Patrick Brown, has told the BBC that the customer "lost out" when the industry was privatised in 1989.

    BBC: Customers 'lost out' in water sell off

  • To convince nine nearby water districts to sign 30-year contracts to take Poseidon's water, Maloni had to promise to never charge them more than the going price of imported water.

    FORBES: Resources

  • What might happen, though, if Wales, be it Dwr Cymru, the Assembly or Ministers decided they were going to charge England for EXTRA water supplies from new reservoirs, over and above what is transferred now?

    BBC: Highly politicised liquid assets

  • Buying a ticket now is the equivalent of a down payment, Boyd says, as airlines look for ways to charge passengers for everything from water to luggage.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • U.S.-based NGO Water for People is helping lead the charge in this area with the development of a new system called FLOW (Field Level Operations Watch).

    CNN: Going with the 'FLOW' towards better sanitation

  • An earlier tribunal ruled that the charge made by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water was excessive - and the latest ruling now sets out how much it potentially dented Albion's profits.

    BBC: Shotton paper mill

  • Mr. KOSSA-RIENZI: What we're intending to do with this whole program is carbonate our own local tap water and then serve it to the guests at no charge.

    NPR: At Chez Panisse, It's Time for Tap Water

  • Women, normally, are in charge of going to collect the firewood and the water.

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  • Accomplice Simon Hopps, 38 , of Four Seasons Close, Dunholme, who was caught helping to water the plants, was jailed for 16 months after admitting the same charge.

    BBC: Ex-Lincolnshire policeman jailed over cannabis bunker

  • Wei Di, who was head of China's Water Sports Administration, has little experience in football, having also been in charge of Chinese boxing and weightlifting.

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  • Gustafson Porter, a London-based landscape design practice, is also on board, in charge of designing an extension to the gardens, expected to include water views, grand fountains and picnic areas.

    WSJ: Singapore to Open Gardens by the Bay

  • Safe enough to go into the human body, the hydrogel prevents biofilms from growing and, thanks to its positive charge, attracts negatively charged microorganisms, which it then pops like water balloons.

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  • Judging how much credit-card firms ought to charge for their services is trickier even than setting the right price for water or energy supplies.

    ECONOMIST: Economics focus

  • An 88-year-old man who was forced to wash in water boiled on a stove for weeks is to get a new boiler free of charge from his energy company.

    BBC: Pensioner left without hot water gets free boiler

  • The implementation of end-of-row seat fees is part of a broader airline trend to charge for amenities previously included in the standard fare, such as movies, water, pillows and blankets.

    CNN: Fliers stung by charges for window and aisle seats

  • As for the market, when it approaches water it meets all sorts of obstacles: water is difficult to move, difficult to measure, difficult to price and often difficult to charge for, since many people think it should be free.

    ECONOMIST: Water

  • In his first competitive match in charge, Staunton was banished to the stands by referee Luis Medina Cantalejo for kicking a water bottle in frustration at one of the Spaniard's decisions.

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