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I find it immoral that cities charge people to use water each month. I believe cities shouldn't charge for things that they did not create.
Yes I'm aware that they maintain plants to recycle, clean the water and pipes to deliver it to peoples homes. I think it should be a tax taken out of people's paychecks instead of paying a water bill month to month for life. It shouldn't be tied directly to the homeowner.
all the gallons can be free, you get charged for the ounces or milli liters though
After helping a local community aide load up for a trip to the third world country to implement a system to create drinking water and local sewer treatment. I no longer (nor ever did really) think it magically appeared.
With that in mind I don't take for granted the infrastructure we have in place in modern day "privileged" countries to have indoor plumbing or somewhat safe water. I say somewhat because I've had the BOIL alerts and the tainted scares that left us hurling ...and hospital bound.
Best water I ever had came from a Spring...pouring off a mountain side....My gosh that was the most refreshing liquid! I'd have paid for that in a heart beat....yet it was free!!!! I just can't afford to drive 1000 miles each day to get that Best free water...
My water system is "free" sort of. I had to pay for the well and septic system and maintain them. Essentially I just pay for the electricity to the well pump and budget about 1k every 15 years for a replacement pump.
The water is free. You're charged for the treatment of sewage and maintenance of the infrastructure. Your bill is basically a "use tax."
For those of us who live on rural properties, our water is free-- if you don't count the $10Gs for well digging, pump & pressure tank, cost of plumbing and the $15Gs for septic system, not to mention the $30/m electric bill to pump it.
Many states outlaw the collection of rain water (That's wrong.)
If water were provided free, what would prevent you from establishing a bottling plant to supply all the Millennials with their pacifiers? (It'll take 4 days with no water at all to die of dehydration. Why do they need a bottle of water in the car when they go to the 7-11?)
Oh, you mean clean filtered and treated water? Well, that takes time, equipment, labor and money...either do it yourself or pay whoever is doing it for you! It's pretty simple.
They don't make it possible to do it yourself. In my city you have no other options.
No one is forced to live in a city. One can move to an unincorporated or rural area, put in a well, filtration and pump system and have at it. Such properties also typically require septic systems to handle sewage that periodically needs to be flushed.
Everything wears out and requires major repairs and eventual replacement.
Lol, what a bizarre thread. Tax the user rather than the homeowner? Who do you think the homeowner is?? The user!
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