I heard one proposal for the way it’s going to work is based on your prior year’s usage + a cushion allocation. So for example if you consumed X gallons same time last year, you’re allowed X+some cushion…If that’s true, once again, folks who were “savers” get punished. Sound familiar?
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Ugh – say it isn’t so. We’ve been thrifty with our water for a while. As we’ve replaced toilets we’ve put in eco ones (dual mode, low water)… As we’ve relandscaped, post construction, we’ve been doing more zero-scaping. We’ve been big users of drip irrigation for our fruit trees, rather than sprinklers.
It definitely seems like it will punish the folks who were already being thrifty.
Next you’ll tell me power consumption is going to be rationed, based on past years use… We’d be screwed there too, since we’re already using 1/2 compared to neighbors in the same model house. (We compared bills when we were talking about solar power systems – they just got one, we’re considering it.)
The only saving grace is we haven’t implemented our gray water system for irrigation. We’ve got it planned, but not implemented yet. This is definitely discouraging us from implementing it for the near term.
