When were public tariffs and taxes for water supply introduced for the first time?
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Specially for you, a remarkable book survives, and there is even an excellent English translation with technical commentaries. And free on the Internet:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Frontinus/De_Aquis/text*.html
Frontinus was a noble who was appointed by the princeps (Nerva) to supervise the water supply system of Rome. He decided to study thoroughly the history and technology related to this business (he did not want to rely on "engineers", who even if they were not slaves, where very close in status). He wrote this book for himself, but also for his successors.
It has complete data on construction and taxation of Rome's aqueduct system since the times it was introduced.
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