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A police officer just dropped off our water bill
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Hmm, looks like it's 5CAD/m^3^ here, and another 2CAD for sewerage. There's a hint on the bill that it might get higher if you're a big consumer, but I don't actually know. (1kL = 1m^3^)
You're right, it's not huge, but if you own a swimming pool I imagine it can still add up. My friend who's a seasoned municipal worker says it's way lower than what it should be, too, although I can't confirm that's a numerically informed position.
The provisioning of free landfilling and free roads and parking definitely has had unfortunate side-effects, at least.
Oh, yeah. Filling a pool would get pricey. We have a sliding scale so pool-havers would pay more to fill a pool.
I think there's an argument to be made to increase the cost just to reduce consumption - the same for power and gas.
I'm not a climate scientist but the predictions for water scarcity in the future are pretty scary. I think that might be more for agricultural uses than drinking water specifically, but still.