The water is actually free. The processing and distribution, not so much ;-)
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Originally Posted by rubicon
NYCBorn: This is the second water bottling company to ask and freely be granted the right to draw water from here. So first we have public water being privatized and no doubt some sort of quid pro quo arrangement hidden from the public.
Secondly your comments make the argument for the homeowners who are dead set against this injustice. Indeed The Villages of Lake-Sumter Inc, (TVLSI) (Developer) is using millions upon millions of gallons of water; albeit some of the watering comes from the retention ponds.
But that said consider that developers and realtors protested residents right to have say in future development and defeated the bill place for a vote in 2010. So places like The Villages rapidly grow with profits flowing to developers and realtors at the expense and compromised lifestyle of residents with no thought about its environmental, physical and psychological impact.
To add insult to injury the same water utility that freely uses water in any way they see fit for their purposes charges residents based on a three tier fee system for both potable and non-potable water + base charges + sewer fees + ++. In effect they punish people who they deem use too much water based on a model they developed as average use.
People can stand still for many things but hypocrisy is not one of them
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