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Part of high water costs are certain cities charge increasing per-gallon rates the more you use, to discourage lawn irrigation. This isn't just a drought measur

Part of high water costs are certain cities charge increasing per-gallon rates the more you use, to discourage lawn irrigation. This isn't just a drought measure. Dallas's predatory water-pricing scheme is permanent, even when our reservoirs are so overfull that we're just dumping excess water into the rivers, which is a surprising amount of the time. It's been years since there's been any legitimate need for pricing to discourage water use.

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Scoundreller 6y ago
In the electricity world, things are divided between production, transmission and distribution. You might have tons of generation, but insufficient capacity to get it to markets. Then there’s the discharge/storm water issue. Farmers may not contribute to that, but urban/suburban usage does. A well-watered lawn doesn’t hold much water when a storm rushes in.