Quote (ampoo @ 6 Oct 2017 20:23)
has been around for decades, however its actually rather complicated and there are quite a few court cases and verdicts from the 70's until now
typical for us :lol:
Sewage tax, with larger properties paying more, seems reasonable in wet countries. Just like easy legislation for storing rain water for citizens in those countries, it helps to reduce the extremes and releases stress on the sewage process.
On the other side: some sort of regulation seems reasonable in dryer areas, meaning that available water could be regulated towards priorities. The easiest way it to buy it from a few sources and regulate who gets what.
Utah (the state from the vid) seems to be using water from the Colorado river, one of the largest rivers, that is partially drying up due human water harvesting, so this actually is an issue where if too much rain water is collected, the river will not reach the coast.
However, running everything through a few sources with water rights, seems to hinder innovations that are meant to be more efficient in water consumption.
This post was edited by Knaapie on Oct 6 2017 08:48pm