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[Bpeep]

I pay an insane amount of money for water that I don't even deem drinkable. I'll use all the water I want.
Imo the only decent water in the area is from rutland water.
Rutland water is awesome. The rest around here is crap.

[GenesisGT]

Rutland water is awesome. The rest around here is crap.

And that is why I never want to see BMID have to amalgamate under the City of Kelowna water.

[stevemic]

Rutland water is awesome. The rest around here is crap.

And that is why I never want to see BMID have to amalgamate under the City of Kelowna water.

I believe hes talking about rutland water works water not BMID , And I would have to agree Rutland Water is the best in town

[What_the]

Why do we pay taxes? Again?^^
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[What_the]

In the one country that has most of the world's fresh water?
Please, enlighten me.

[syron]

Lack of water is not the problem. The problem is the lack of watermains large enough to distribute the water.
Municipalities enact water restrictions to avoid upsizing watermains as communities get larger.

[Chyren]

My thoughts are if you're willing to water then you pay for it which is what the current system is.

If they need to upgrade water main's then raise water rates and reinvest instead of using water meters as "general revenue."

Either it was Armstrong or Enderby that recently commented that since water meters were installed "to help people save water" that their revenues from water usage plummeted and they're now looking to raise rates.

So much for looking at is as a "conservation" issue as opposed to a revenue one.

[LTD]

Lack of water is not the problem. The problem is the lack of watermains large enough to distribute the water.
Municipalities enact water restrictions to avoid upsizing watermains as communities get larger.

maybe you should go up and have a look at some of the reservoirs at the end of September and get back to us

[jasond_71]

Charging more for water is a much bigger deterent than watering restrictions. Look at lawns in Ellison area with no water meters. Lushes you have ever seen. You can water a ton on your watering day.
Drive through vernon where water rates are the highest anywhere. Brown lawns everywhere.

[my5cents]

My thoughts are if you're willing to water then you pay for it which is what the current system is.

If they need to upgrade water main's then raise water rates and reinvest instead of using water meters as "general revenue." ......

.... and just where do you think these upgraded water mains get their water ?

The short sighted answer is "the reservoir".

Think this through,,, the water comes from the reservoir,,,,, and,,,,,,,, goes through the TREATMENT PLANT. The treatment plant is expensive and has only so much capacity, so, if too much water is used, zillions has to be spent on an upgraded treatment plant to go with your upgraded water mains. Just so some moron can look out at a green lawn.

It's grass, we live in a hot dry place, not consistent with green grass in the summer.

The over waterer who willingly will pay extra money for all the water he uses to keep his patch of lawn lush isn't paying enough in water rates to pay to upgrade the treatment plant. As a tax payer, I don't want a chunk of my taxes going to enlarge a treatment plant prematurely just so he can look at a green lawn.

[Anonymous123]

Rutland water is awesome. The rest around here is crap.

And that is why I never want to see BMID have to amalgamate under the City of Kelowna water.

Amalgamation of the water districts doesn't necessarily mean cross-connecting the systems. Rutland Water is on a closed system, although they recently connected to BMID when the need arose. Amalgamation would put all the administration and servicing under one entity. Right now, the way it sits, the duplication of services is costing way too much. Multiple managers, multiple administrators, multiple vehicles (which every ones seems to take home as a second vehicle), multiple workers, multiple pensions etc. the list goes on. They want to talk City Wide? Amalgamate.

[Catri]

Amalgamation of the water districts doesn't necessarily mean cross-connecting the systems. Rutland Water is on a closed system, although they recently connected to BMID when the need arose. Amalgamation would put all the administration and servicing under one entity. Right now, the way it sits, the duplication of services is costing way too much. Multiple managers, multiple administrators, multiple vehicles (which every ones seems to take home as a second vehicle), multiple workers, multiple pensions etc. the list goes on. They want to talk City Wide? Amalgamate.

No. Rutland has the best water, the best management, the best infrastructure and the best water rates. I do not want to see RWD forced to amalgamate with a City bureaucracy that has proven repeatedly that they don't give a rat's behind about Rutland, only to jack up our water rates to pay for the water systems in other parts of the city being upgraded. I don't care how much duplication there is, or how broken the other water providers are, amalgamation would be very bad for RWD (and probably BMID) users. It will be a damn shame if that's forced on us.

[spooker]

As someone who has gone to the wilds of Kenya and visited the villages where potable water is a rarity ... we have little to *bleep* about with every other day watering ...

[lesliepaul]

Almost forgot.........time to put the sprinkler on!

[spooker]

Almost forgot.........time to put the sprinkler on!

Yep, best time to water as the evaporation will be lowest at this time of night ... good for you! (mine is set for 3am)