12 - Sunday, July 25, 1993 - North Shore News

INQUIRING REPORTER

WHILE RESIDENTS of North and West Vancouver
turned on their faucets and let the water flow’ in
a seemingly endless stream on lawns, cars, and down
drains, a quarter of a million people in Des Moines,
lowa, just spent 11 days without any drinking water.
And closer to home, residents in Abbotsford recently had
to boil their tap wafer during a 10-day period when their
water system was contaminated. Thomas Fuller once
said: ‘‘We never know the worth of water till the well
is dry.’’ Perhaps we can determine the vaiue of water:

West Vancouver District Council has proposed a bylaw
that would put residents on a metered system. Those who
are frugal with water will be rewarded while those who
waste it will pay for it. Even though the GYRD has im-
posed lawn sprinkling restrictions to reduce water con-
sumption during the summer months, water metering
may turn out to be the best method — just waich how
quickly people learn to conserve water as soon as they’re
financially accountable for every last drop. This week the
Inquiring Reporter asks:

Would a user-pay metering system encourage water conservation?

Fred Massie

North Vancouver

No,: I don’t think so. I
don’t think the pcople
here waste water. I think
they appreciate it.

Sean Lister

West Vancouver

It would definitely make
a big difference because
people would be a iot
more thoughtful about
how much waier they
use.

Elizabeth Tischler

West Vancouver

I would say so, especially
when you see people
watering their lawns
when it’s raining out. |
see that quite frequently.

Fred Clark

North Vancouver

Yes, I think so. We've
been used to an adequate
water supply, so we have
a tendency to use all we
want. We need to learn
to conserve better.

Katbryn Patrick

North Vancouver

Yes, probably, I don’t
know if it’s a good thing
because it would be hard
to introduce, but it
would definitely force
people to conserve water.

SURVEY TEAM:

The North Shore News survey team called 402 North YES NO
Shore residents to find out whether you think a user-pay

water metering system would encourage water conserva-
tion. The following is a complete breakdown of the
survey results:

DON'T
KNOW OPINION

712% 19% 9%
59% 26% 3%
58% 21% 21%
61% 31% 4%
72% 21% 5%
49% 30% 18%
50% 23% 21%
68% 19% 13%
11% 16% 13%
22.1% 13.0%

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