It seems to me that a natural counterpart to having a water ban would be to use water usage rates to control the amount of water people are using. Yes, I know about the tiers. But those rates are set for non-drought circumstances. Why not temporarily alter the rates in response to the drought? I fully support regulations, but regulations require people to enforce them, and so they have limitations (but are still important!). Usage rates go straight to the point.
There's a lot to say on this subject, but I will stop here in the interest of keeping this short and hearing what others think ... --Debra On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 10:36 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: > But Lincoln has always been under the “ watchful “ eye/ in the crosshairs > of DEP for our draw down. We were, at one time, under a consent decree. > Perhaps we still are. > > We need to be ever- vigilant and understand that to maintain our > independence from MWRA we need to strictly limit our consumption in times > like these. Those of us with no sprinkler / irrigation systems implore > those with to act responsibly and turn them off! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 31, 2022, at 6:31 PM, RAandBOB <raand...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Many of our neighboring towns use water from the Quabbin Reservoir via > the MWRA. The towns that I know of off the top of my head are Weston, > Lexington, Framingham, and I think Waltham but I’m not sure.That section of > the state is not in drought and the Quabbin Reservoir can provide quite a > bit more water than is currently being used. So people who draw their water > from the MWRA are not yet being asked to conserve water. > > > Ruth Ann > (She, her, hers) > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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