Utility officials say they understand that charging more for water because demand has dropped might seem to violate a basic premise of Economics 101. But utilities that generally charge by the number of gallons used are beginning to feel the financial pinch of 20 years of environmentally friendly fixtures and appliances, as older bathrooms and kitchens have been remodeled, utility experts say.
Federal laws aimed at conserving water limit toilets that once needed up to seven gallons per flush to 1.6 gallons. Shower heads that spewed up to eight gallons per minute are being replaced with sprays of about 2.5 gallons.
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See u get fd one way or the other just like when cars will get 100 a gal then u will pay $15 a gal.
gee whod a thunk it
lower income, raise price
Running a public utility costs money. The money has to come from somewhere. If it doesn't, the utility will fail, then the taxpayers will be charged for the failure, too.
Utilities have fixed costs. When you charge on a variable model, that means your price per unit consumed has to go up.
Imagine how much that leaky toilet is going to cost now!
American Corporate Greed - the C.E.O. needs a bonus !!!
If we use less water, there's less water to pump, treat, send, sewage to process, chemicals to buy, people to employ.
So, no, there are many variable costs.
There is fixed maintenance of infrastructure costs to be recognized, though.
Bit cooking the books has to be done in boiling water, I guess!
probably why Pittsville went to fixed rate for residential.
I don't want to hear all the BS about 'fixed costs' or 'money coming from tax payers'. We, the public, are having to learn how to get by with less and less, it's time for utilities and corporations learn it, too!
I still have my big old toilet that uses a lot of water and can flush anything! Enjoy your crappy low flows (pun intended)
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