Easley on water
Gov. Mike Easley was meeting with some of his chief water conservation folks today. Click here for his news release on the topic.
Our friends at the Associated Press have also put out some video:
Click here for that video. Or click here for the story.
There are a couple interesting things here.
First, click here for the N.C. Drought website that he mentions.
Also, in the video, Easley mentions "conservation pricing," which is essentially charging folks more per gallon the more water they use.
In typical business practice, you get/give a price break the more of something. A widget might cost $1 by itself but if you buy 10 of them we'll sell them to you for 90-cents a piece. To get people to conserve, you flip that model and charge folks more if they use more than a certain amount of water.
That's something Greensboro has been doing for a while. In fact, I've heard Easley give a shout out to Greensboro's water management practices on a few occasions. He also likes the fact that the city has tied itself in with several reservoirs, rather than just depending on its own lakes.
Speaking of Greensboro, you'll notice in the news release that the big drought meeting Easley has called for mid-January will be in the Gate City. I imagine all those scheduled to attend are hoping to be commuting in some lousy weather.
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