In mid October last year the Governor of North Carolina made a public appeal for people to cut their use of water in half by October 31st in response to a state-wide drought. He then asked water companies to record the amount of water used daily in their regions and compare them to average use for the same periods in August '07.
He later issued a press release:
"…water utilities representing 72 percent of the 6.8 million customers served by public water systems responded to his call to provide information on water use. Early indications, based on an analysis of information from the 25 largest systems in the state, show an average drop in daily water use of nearly 30 percent from the month of August compared to the last week of October."
Now the residents of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County have their reward for fulfilling their civic duty by responding so wholeheartedly to the Governor's plea. Their water costs have risen - water rates on a $200,000 house have risen by 8.3% to make up their $29 million profits shortfall over this and next year.
So go on then, who's putting their hand up for a nice new water meter?
1 comment:
Blimey!
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