We have lived here for the last 10 years. We always pay our water bill. Occasionally, we’ll forget and receive a final notice for our water bill which we will promptly pay.
Tonight at 8 pm, a city police officer banged on our door with a blinding flashlight in hand. Made me verify my identification and then handed me my water bill (the due date being a week from now)
What the hell!
If they are using more than they really need, there’s plenty wrong with that. Water may be recyclable but there’s still only so much to go around at once. And I mean in general.
I think it’s a pretty good indicator. Because that’s how a lot of people treat things when they go from having to pay for there usage to getting it free. Think of how many people waste food at buffets cause they paid a flat rate to get in. There’s no incentive to be conservative.
No matter how long they run that faucet they will never be a top user, because their competitors in this race is literally all commercial water companies and they barely even use their water comparatively. All it takes to triple the water usage is 2 more people than one.
This is just hating on people for living slightly differently than you.