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Renters may get water meters, and bills to go with them: San Diego ponders ‘submeter’ requirement to encourage conservation

Posted by: Maven on December 13, 2009 at 8:20 am

From the North County Times:

“Apartments and condos are the next frontier in the struggle to reduce water consumption in drought-plagued California.

New and substantially remodeled apartments, condos and other “multifamily” projects in San Diego would be required to have individual water meters, under an ordinance to be introduced early next year.

Most occupants of apartments and condos aren’t billed directly for the amount of water they use. Instead, the cost is divided among the occupants and essentially included in the rent for apartments and association fees for condos.

So if occupants see how much water they use, and are billed for it, they’ll have an incentive to save water, said Marti Emerald, a San Diego councilmember. Emerald is backing the effort to require “submetering,” as it’s called, to encourage conservation. … “

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December 13, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation

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One Response to “Renters may get water meters, and bills to go with them: San Diego ponders ‘submeter’ requirement to encourage conservation”

  1. dfb on December 14th, 2009 11:14 am

    Until this happens, renters will not really consider the amount of water they use. I am water aware and even I’m guilty of not conserving as much as I should.

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