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Fresno’s water meter plan must include all residences, says editorial

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 18, 2009 at 7:54 am

From the Fresno Bee, this editorial:

“Fresno’s excruciatingly slow march toward water meters went sideways again when city officials admitted that they have no plan to meter thousands of individual houses in so-called “planned residential developments.” The city’s proposal threatens the basic fairness of the water-metering plan. It needs to include all residences, and not just the ones that city officials find convenient to meter.

Mayor Ashley Swearengin has been pitching water meters as a wise step for the city because they will help the city conserve water and residents will only pay for the water they use. Well, not exactly, at least not under the plan being rolled out at City Hall.

The huge hole in the city’s proposal surfaced on Nov. 5 at a public hearing on the rates that will be charged under the metering program. But the Swearengin administration apparently was stunned when several residents of the planned communities asked about how metering will be handled in their housing tracts. … “

Read the rest of this editorial from the Fresno Bee by clicking here.

November 18, 2009 · Filed Under San Joaquin Valley

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