Re:Why districts are slow to charge market rates for water
by charlie0 on Monday May 22, 2023 @12:59AM
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Changing water price on demand is not easy, but I can see dynamic pricing on parking meters ranging from free suring periods of very low usage to a few dollars a hour during high usage.
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Re:Why districts are slow to charge market rates for water
by rocqua on Monday May 22, 2023 @03:59AM
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The infrastructure for pricing electricity on demand already exists, at least where I live. And that is rolled out to all private residences. Why couldn't that be done with water?
Re:Why districts are slow to charge market rates for water
by bin_bash on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:20AM
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Parking rates simply needed to be higher, not dynamic.
Not saying dynamic pricing is not useful though.
Re:Why districts are slow to charge market rates for water
by ghaff on Monday May 22, 2023 @05:44PM
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>Parking rates simply needed to be higher
I assume at some level that becomes effectively a tax on businesses though as some shoppers stay away on average (albeit making parking easier for others) while the government collects more revenue. (That said, in a lot of places, there probably isn't enough on-street metered parking to meet demand at any reasonable price.)