Just how good are we at managing water?

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[quote FishingLunatic]Frankly, I think it's embarrassing if there are statistics made about how much we waste water and still haven't done anything about it.[url "http://www.water.utah.gov/Reports/MUNICIPAL%20AND%20INDUSTRIAL%20WATER%20USE%20in%20UTAH.pdf%5b/quote%5d/t_blank"][/quote][/url][font "Century Gothic"][#800000]Frankly, I think you're embarrassing yourself. All you've done so far is complain about a situation that most reasonable people would agree is a problem. However, you have not presented one, single viable recommendation to solve or limit the problem. Anybody can complain about the obvious and we have way too much of that in society already. Climb out of the box and offer some real solutions. "We've got to stop wasting water" ain't cuttin' it.[/#800000][/font]
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[font "Century Gothic"][#800000]Secondary water comes from a lot of different sources in Utah. And each business entity has their own system for selling their product. My source (Hooper Irrigation Co Secondary) charges a flat rate for 12 months each year with their own billing. Others add it to your property taxes which are paid once a year. And still others use meters.[/#800000][/font]

[font "Century Gothic"][#800000]I would propose that all of them use meters and charge according to actual usage and have a graduated rate that charges more for higher usage, thereby giving folks an incentive to use less. Folks with very deep pockets would still use more than they needed, but for most of us it would produce a conscientious effort to reduce our usage and contribute to conserving the resource.[/#800000][/font]

[font "Century Gothic"][#800000]That may not be the best solution and it certainly isn't the only solution, but it's more than what you've offered so far. So how about it FL - would you care to stop embarrassing yourself and offer a recommendation?[/#800000][/font]
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