INC NEWS - more on water...

[Melissa Rooney]

You said it, Randy! Of course, my agreement with you
on this issue is no secret to anyone...
Melissa

Melissa Rooney
mmr121570 at yahoo.com

--- RW Pickle <randy at 27beverly.com> wrote:

> Our neighbors to the Southwest (Chapel Hill) are
> currently dealing with
> their lost revenues from the current conservation
> mode. Their shortfall is
> somewhere between $1.9 and $2.5 million dollars. So
> they are looking for
> ways to make up that difference. Like Durham, their
> infrastructure is paid
> for by revenue bonds that have to be repaid. And
> with the less use (and
> less revenue due to it), income has seen a plunge.
> No idea what our losses
> in Durham are at this point. Perhaps a City
> Administrator could help us
> out.
> 
> Now is the time to implement a new revenue model
> that includes
> conservation (as if we have a choice...). Up till
> now, it's been use as
> much as you want, pay for it (in a sliding scale I
> believe, with the more
> you use, the cheaper it gets). It has to be the
> other way around. Reward
> conservation, rain barrel use and other methods of
> saving water. Make
> those pay who waste water. Otherwise we'll be back
> in this same boat again
> and again; throwing off planned revenues yearly
> because we're in a
> conservation mode. As I read today in the Herald
> Sun, next year is looking
> dry as well. The revenue deficit has to come from
> somewhere. Guess who'll
> end up paying for it...
> 
> RWP
> 27 Beverly
> 
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