Came here to say something similar. That putting a tax on consumer's water bills will have a tiny effect on general water consumption. Compare this to a tax on

Came here to say something similar. That putting a tax on consumer's water bills will have a tiny effect on general water consumption. Compare this to a tax on water consumption in general: in the end it's the absolute water use that needs to come down, not the size of the consumer's water consumption relative to the total consumption. Maybe this is what you get when the people's say in lawmaking is overshadowed by that of corps.