I recently received my third quarter utility bill and the water cost portion of this bill is enormous.
Last year when I received the same third quarter bill (which I also thought was enormous), I decided to do something about it and adjusted my water consumption, bringing my water usage down by almost 20 per cent.
Guess what?
My bill this year was almost the same as last year.
A review of what has happened here has brought me some interesting results. On March 19, the Regional District of North Okanagan board approved a new tiered fee structure, including the infrastructure base fee, increasing the cost to domestic (residential users) by almost 20 per cent. Yes, almost 20 per cent.
This in the face of inflationary guidelines of two per cent. I guess the cost of water is not included in the calculations for inflation.
Don Graham
Vernon
