[ca-gw] EBMUD Board Meetings tomorrow--water pricing!

[Steve Bilson]

I'm starting to see a lot of tangential matters discussed on the
greywater/org tool. While those other matters are important to water
conservation, we need to stay focused and actively engaged on the state
greywater irrigation code revision process. Looking back on California's
history, this opportunity only comes around once every 14 years or so.

-----Original Message-----
From: ca-standard-bounces at graywater.org
[mailto:ca-standard-bounces at graywater.org] On Behalf Of Sonia Diermayer
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 5:00 PM
To: ca-standard at graywater.org
Cc: Juliet Lamont
Subject: [ca-gw] EBMUD Board Meetings tomorrow--water pricing!
Importance: High

The underpricing of water is a key impediment for all water  
conserving strategies/technologies.
If you are in EBMUD's service area this may interest you!

EBMUD Board Special Meetings (both meetings have impacts on future  
water pricing and both include public comment periods)--
Tues, Apr 14:
1) 8:30am, re: Drought Management Program (see staff report at this  
link)--
https://portal.ebmud.com/about_ebmud/board_of_directors/ 
board_meetings/special_meeting_agenda/staff_reports/ 
041409_drought_workshop_staff_reports.pdf

2) 9:30am, re: Budget and Rates (info about 2010/2011 rates  
interspersed throughout this report)--
https://portal.ebmud.com/about_ebmud/board_of_directors/ 
board_meetings/special_meeting_agenda/staff_reports/ 
041409_budget_rates_staff_reports.pdf

Hope to see others there to speak up for steeper, tiered water rates!
Sonia
Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter Water Committee

As per Juliet Lamont (Sierra Club):
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Let's "urge EBMUD to implement aggressive, progressive (e.g. tiered)  
pricing mechanisms (NOT just in droughts!) similar to - or better  
than - Irvine County Ranch District's 5-tier system, where "water  
wasters" at the top levels really get dinged with high prices.  This  
is combined with a base level ("water conserver") rate, which allows  
everyone to get a basic amount of water at an affordable rate...but  
anything above that, you are going to start paying, and pay more  
exponentially as your use goes up the  tier curve.  Fifth (top) tier  
is very expensive.

This program has been extremely successful in promoting water  
conservation in the Irvine Ranch District's area (conservative  
southern CA), and has been very popular with consumers, thanks to an  
excellent PR and education/outreach program implemented along with  
the tiered rates.  So, fully possible!

We should be doing at LEAST that here.  Water is too cheap!!!"
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