Cash is a great incentive, but do not give it away.
Rather than a system where the taxpayer pays farmers not to use water or the farmer gets the incentive for a service provided at taxpayer expense, the capitalists says to charge them by usage of the water.
Just for the point of discussion, if the first 1 million gallons of water cost a farmer $2,000 (keep it cheap to support farming) and the next 50,000 gallons cost them $1 million, they would reduce their usage below 1 million gallons in a heart beat.
Why do so many of you have a problem with making people pay for something it costs the government to provide? Why dump everything into general taxes? Why not pay by usage?
I'm not saying the government should make a profit. They just need to break even on the cost to provide water. A side effect is to use the rates as incentives for people to conserve.
I'm not sure where the rest of you live, but I have been paying by the gallon for piped in municipal water for over 40 years. They also bill me for municipal sewerage based on water consumption.
This discussion is old news. What is the big deal about paying for water? Only cry babys want everything for free.
