> But there's no "gotcha" where they can recapitulate the current policy of outright restricting nonresidents with absurdly high fees In particular, in Califo

> But there's no "gotcha" where they can recapitulate the current policy of outright restricting nonresidents with absurdly high fees In particular, in California, fees cannot be higher than the cost of providing the service. In drought years, there have been proposals to allow people to use water as they wish, but charge (steeply) progressively-increasing fees for each gallon of water used. The theory being that excess revenues could be put toward obtaining more water (via, e.g., desalinization). Such proposals have been shot down because the cost of providing water doesn't support the high fees that would be necessary to discourage frivolous use.