Question of the week
Should Greensboro rely on pricing, instead of policing, to curb water use during a drought?
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"Should Greensboro rely on pricing, instead of policing, to curb water use..."
Why not both? And why only when there is a drought? The world's supply of drinking water is shrinking every day, Greensboro has to start looking far beyond the next thunderstorm if we are to thrive and prosper.
Posted on October 14, 2007 11:03 AM
We should be doing both!! The short water supply is getting scary and with no relief in sight. It has been said that the next wars will be fought over water......not oil!....could come true. We ALL need to wake up and be good stewards of our natural resources.
Posted on October 14, 2007 4:19 PM
We should be doing both!! The short water supply is getting scary and with no relief in sight. It has been said that the next wars will be fought over water......not oil!....could come true. We ALL need to wake up and be good stewards of our natural resources.
Posted on October 14, 2007 4:20 PM
Water should be priced according to use. It is not difficult to conserve and Greensboro obviously has issues that go well beyond our present drought conditions. Why not raise the prices on our present graduated system? Instead of going up on costs from 28 to 30% for each tier, why not up the ante to a 100-300% cost increase for each additional tier? This way, "normal" use will be rewarded and exorbitant use will be expensive. Folks who are overusing this limited and valuable resource will finally find it advantageous to learn conservation measures.
Posted on October 16, 2007 10:31 AM