In article , "George E. Cawthon" wrote:
Rick Blaine wrote:
"George E. Cawthon" wrote:

Course the real problem is that the customer
charge (mainly billing) is as much as the actual
water charge (deliver costs plus maintenance).

And then you run into the municipalities that use the water bill as a back
door
way of taxing the residents without having to get voter approval...

Do not how that would work since water is
usually/often provided by a public utility.
However, water usage during 4-5 months when
irrigation use is highly unlikely is used to
determine the sewer bill.

The water is provided by a utility not the
government. As such it is regulated by a state
agency, but the state or the city do not get the
money.

In many communities, the municipality owns the water utility, and thus the
water *is* provided by the government, and the city *does* get the money.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.