Gregor Robertson wants to install water meters in Vancouver Houses

Veng68 · #1 10-21-2009, 09:06 PM

Although it's probably for the better......... pay for use........... it's going to really suck for my house because of all the laundry we do.

I guess if the meters go in......... it time to get a front load washer and switch to DI water.

Thanks Gregor.

Cheers,
Vic

muck · #2 10-21-2009, 09:13 PM

Houses in Van don't currently have water meters installed?? Seriously??

sphelps · #3 10-21-2009, 09:27 PM

I wouldn't worry about it, if anything you bill may go down. It's just to stop people from wasting and taking advantage, your RO and washing machine are minor compared to the guys watering their lawns like golf courses.

Delphinus · #4 10-21-2009, 09:28 PM

Vancouver isn't already on meters ??? I would not have guessed that.

Pay for usage isn't necessarily a bad thing. Generally speaking your costs shouldn't go up too tremendously. They may, as stated, go down. What it should do is encourage people who overwater their lawns or let a leaky toilet continue to leak without fixing the flapper to take a look at those sorts of things and be a little more proactive about not using so much.

I know a guy who is a perfect example of why mandatory water meters is a good thing. It may not be this way anymore in Calgary, I'm not sure, but there was a "grace period" when meters were first introduced in Calgary, where if a house was built before the new regulations, you could have a meter uninstalled and you could go back to flat rate. He had his taken out "so that he could water his lawn." He "prided himself on having the greenest grass on the block". Never mind that you don't need to be excessive about watering grass, 1/2" per week and it's as green as it's going to get - anything more and it just gets shallow roots and is in fact then an unhealthy lawn that dies easier.

Veng68 · #5 10-21-2009, 11:31 PM

Private homes are not metered but new developments and commercial users are all on meters.

Private users pay a flat rate every year.

Cheers,
Vic

JPotter · #6 10-21-2009, 11:37 PM

We are in Vancouver and already are on a water meter. Pay quarterly for water consumption.

Veng68 · #7 10-21-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JPotter

We are in Vancouver and already are on a water meter. Pay quarterly for water consumption.

Hmmm...... I guess they have not gotten around to my neighbourhood yet. I still pay flat rates.

Cheers,
Vic

Tom R · #8 10-22-2009, 12:12 AM

I have lived in a Strata in Surrey for the last 6 years and we have been on a water meter since the project was built.

The advantage is that only the main water supply to a Strata is metered so any excess water usage that I may have with my 500G system is paid by my 73 neighbors.

Water conservation is quickly becoming a major issue and wasting water is something we should all be concerned with.

Tom R

Snaz · #9 10-22-2009, 02:43 AM

Water is life and there is less and less of it around that we can drink. Why anyone thinks a hunk of crystallized carbon is worth anything and then complains about paying for fresh water confounds me. I know no one here is complaining I'm just making a broad observation.

RuGlu6 · #10 10-22-2009, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Snaz

Water is life and there is less and less of it around that we can drink. Why anyone thinks a hunk of crystallized carbon is worth anything and then complains about paying for fresh water confounds me. I know no one here is complaining I'm just making a broad observation.

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I agree crystallized carbon is worth about $50 a carat, the reat is a markup.