[Vision2020] Gardeners WAS: RE: Say What?

[Robert Dickow]

On the water subject.... anybody calculate just how expensive water is
around here? Not counting the $17.00 + flat charge, it's Currently around
$1.80 per cubic foot (the mid rate for I figure average home owners)
additionally. At 7.481 gallons per cubic foot, that's about  $.24 cents per
gallon. If you have a big garden to water, you could hit the higher rate
charge, making your costs go up to over $.43 per gallon. Even at 24 cents,
You could  spend about $1.00 flushing your toilet.

After sharing this information on the web with fellow iris gardeners around
the U.S., I know we pay a lot more than most folks. Some people told me they
paid as little as $6.00 per year for water. Most pay far less than we do.
Most folks were astounded by our water rates.

So, are we allowed to drill our own wells? So what if it costs $10,000 to do
so. Let's see... that will pay for itself in.... 10 years, what?

Now, here's a proposal. Gardening should be promoted for many reasons: it
beautifies the town, promoting cooler temperatures, cleaner air, better
health, etc. Since we are charged a sewer rate on water usage, gardeners pay
more of that based on water that never goes down the sewers. Why not allow
us to put in separate metering systems for gardening hose water so that we
don't have to pay the sewer tax on that?

Bob Dickow, troublemaker

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:49 AM
To: Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?

"I wish to add my voice to the city of Moscow's recent request that
residents conserve water. In so doing, state Sen. Gary Schroeder and the
Moscow City Council will have more water to sell to a Boise company, so
that it can develop a mega-shopping center in a neighboring state."

- Gerard Connelly, Troy ("Letters to the Editor" section of the
Moscow-Pullman Daily News for May 19, 2009)

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown


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