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Originally Posted by Hemlock140
Water is free, of course, you pay for delivery to your home, and in many cases treatment to make it safer and taste better. Despite annual price increases every year we are still at about $5/Hundred Cubic feet, that's less than a tenth of a cent per gallon, and the rate increases are to pay for aging pipes. Our water comes from aquifers and snow melt, and with 44" of rain annually there is never a shortage. In some areas with lack of a reliable supply, yes, it could at some point cost a lot more but not as much as gas. It will have to be delivered from a long way off, building that infrastructure will be a huge expense, and will have to be paid for by those benefiting from it. I think the days of a state building a huge 700 mile aqueduct for just one major metro are (California Aqueduct/Los Angeles) are gone.
If water did hit even $3/gallon, the average family of 3 would spend about $600/day just for cooking, washing and toilet use.
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I doubt it. Nobody would spend that much unless it was subsidized.
They'd do what they're doing in parts of Mexico City, according to a news story I recently heard on NPR: go without, re-use water and/or resort to cisterns or catchment systems.
Speaking personally, if I were careful and reused water, I could probably cut my use at least in half.
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