Why shouldnt it be split per person? They can turn their fountains off if they want to save their portion for poop, dishes, and laundry like the rest of us. Or they can pay someone else to do it and run their stupid fucking fountain for 10 minutes a day.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power uses lot sizes for this purpose, which is not without merit since it is easy to calculate, roughly correlates with the number of people living on that lot, and is hard to cheat, but I don’t think it’s actually a very good system. What I think would be better is to check with the Department of Motor Vehicles to see how many identification cards are registered at that address, then allow the rates double every N cubic metres, where N is the number of identification cards registered at that address.
That’s a lot more work than you think. You would need a new water meter and water connection installed on each lot and you would also need to file a bunch of legal paper work to do the subdivision, as well as wrangling with the Postal Service to get mailboxes installed for each lot, and so on…
On top of that, you’re risking being found out and pictures of your mansion posted on the front page of Variety being accused of cheating the water rates, which is very bad for someone whose career probably depends on their public perception. Don’t make yourself into the next Amber Heard. On top of that, public outcry means the Council might even intervene to put a stop to your plan by amending the Water Rates Ordinance to penalise you for your obvious attempt to abuse the system.
Why shouldnt it be split per person? They can turn their fountains off if they want to save their portion for poop, dishes, and laundry like the rest of us. Or they can pay someone else to do it and run their stupid fucking fountain for 10 minutes a day.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power uses lot sizes for this purpose, which is not without merit since it is easy to calculate, roughly correlates with the number of people living on that lot, and is hard to cheat, but I don’t think it’s actually a very good system. What I think would be better is to check with the Department of Motor Vehicles to see how many identification cards are registered at that address, then allow the rates double every N cubic metres, where N is the number of identification cards registered at that address.
How to be a rich person 101:
Subdivide your “lot” such that your 1400 sqft bathroom is one “lot” and the bedroom is another lot. Your garden fountain? You guessed it. Another lot…
That’s a lot more work than you think. You would need a new water meter and water connection installed on each lot and you would also need to file a bunch of legal paper work to do the subdivision, as well as wrangling with the Postal Service to get mailboxes installed for each lot, and so on…
On top of that, you’re risking being found out and pictures of your mansion posted on the front page of Variety being accused of cheating the water rates, which is very bad for someone whose career probably depends on their public perception. Don’t make yourself into the next Amber Heard. On top of that, public outcry means the Council might even intervene to put a stop to your plan by amending the Water Rates Ordinance to penalise you for your obvious attempt to abuse the system.