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Post by big_electron on Mar 2, 2011 2:39:50 GMT -5
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Post by The_L on Mar 2, 2011 10:45:00 GMT -5
WTF?! I was expecting an article on bottled water, not the basic necessity of having running water in your home.
Granted, a lot of places, especially in the western US and western Australia are suffering from drought conditions as a result of global climate change, but...$3000/month is rather excessive when people, you know, NEED WATER TO LIVE.
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Post by tgrwulf on Mar 2, 2011 12:00:37 GMT -5
Yeah, that's freaking rediculous. I highly doubt it costs them anywhere near half that to pump water to people's houses.
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Post by Distind on Mar 2, 2011 15:31:48 GMT -5
Gah, and I called it in one.
The meters aren't/can be read.
My mother had a nice talk with her electric company a month ago after getting two bills that around 10 times what I pay each month, turns out no one had been there to read the meter since she moved into her new place.
That said, her bills are still around 5 times what I pay, but gosh darn socialized public electricity, it's just so darn expensive. And our repair guys are so incompetent they're used across the country to repair disaster damage.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Mar 2, 2011 16:01:11 GMT -5
$3000 for two months worth of water? How is that even legal?
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Post by mechtaur on Mar 2, 2011 16:08:31 GMT -5
Wow, that is just horrible. I hope they get whoever put the meters in place the first time to either (A) get fired, or (B) redo it without pay. That is bullshit work.
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Post by Aqualung on Mar 2, 2011 19:01:47 GMT -5
Note to self: RAIN BARREL.
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Post by Rat Of Steel on Mar 2, 2011 19:06:20 GMT -5
I was chatting with L today, and during that chat, as I was giving this thread a once-over, I remembered an Inspector Gadget episode wherein M.A.D. had hijacked Metro City's water supply during a particularly brutal heat wave. M.A.D. agents drove through the suburbs in big tanker-trucks selling ice water for $50 a glass, $500 a jug (and remember, this was in mid-1980s money). Despite these extortionate prices, M.A.D. had no shortage of customers.
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Post by Iczer-Four on Mar 2, 2011 20:24:33 GMT -5
wow that really sucks..
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Post by chad sexington on Mar 2, 2011 20:49:10 GMT -5
That's what happened in Colombia (?) The water system was privatised, and prices jumped tenfold overnight.
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Post by Amaranth on Mar 2, 2011 21:35:38 GMT -5
Note to self: RAIN BARREL. To drown the fucker who came up with it? |
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Post by Iczer-Four on Mar 3, 2011 0:36:41 GMT -5
rain barrels primarily only work for irrigation.
if you want to save water you could have less baths, get a tank-less water heater, and Use Xeriscaping for your gardens and lawns.
(Insane but knows how to save H2O and grow plants)
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Post by ltfred on Mar 3, 2011 7:08:03 GMT -5
This is why privitising natural monopoly markets is a really bad idea.
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Post by DeadpanDoubter on Mar 3, 2011 8:18:23 GMT -5
Liiiiiiiies! Privatization is TEH AWSOME.
Seriously though I'd have to hurt someone if shit like that got pulled on me.
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Post by m52nickerson on Mar 3, 2011 9:37:02 GMT -5
This is why privitising natural monopoly markets is a really bad idea. Well except those water bills are from government owned water systems. Here in Florida municipal utilities can set rates and deal with customers however they like. The only recourse people have is at the voting booth. Private utilities get regulated through the public service commission and can't raise rates without the commissions approval. |
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