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Old 06-11-2016, 09:54 PM
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We can water only twice a week after midnight on certain defined days and for only so many minutes. Above this we have to pay really hefty prices even when our lawns and garden beds are now dark gold instead of green and in some places turning black. If there is so much water that that number of daily gallons can be pumped away...this is an insult to all of us to pay penalty prices when the grass is dying. Is there something we don't know that makes this acceptable?
Thank you for helping me try to explain the restrictions to another poster. I live on a corner lot and usually my gallons used are subjected to the tier three water rates. My water bill (only water) at one point was slightly over $200 for a month usage.