Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water
by opportune on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:23PM
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Because that shouldn't be charged after the fact, ideally it should be priced into the water prices as consumers purchase it.
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Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water
by patejam on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:16PM
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That's assuming pricing scales linearly.
More likely, it takes a flat-ish $x to maintain the infrastructure, and the reduced usage means they can't reach that minimum $x threshold.
Re:Cape Town could be the first city to run out of water
by toomuchtodo on Saturday January 20, 2018 @11:13AM
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To not charge it after the fact, you’d have to recoup costs much faster in the earlier years of the system existence, causing crushing water bills to exist.
It’s not a policy issue, it’s an education issue.