{"id":31319,"date":"2018-07-26T19:58:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31319"},"modified":"2018-07-26T19:58:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T19:58:17","slug":"cities-conundrum-whether-to-limit-water-use-and-cut-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31319","title":{"rendered":"Cities’ conundrum: whether to limit water use and cut revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Janet Rummel, public relations and communications officer for the North Texas Municipal Water District, has a possible word to the wise to city officials who might be reluctant to enact water-use restrictions in the face of a punishing drought.<\/p>\n

If you are concerned about a loss of revenue collected from water use fees, then your reluctance to impose water conservation measures carries even greater risk.<\/p>\n

You will run out of water, Rummel warned in remarks to the Rotary Club of Fairview.<\/p>\n

Much of the state remains caught in drought conditions. The Texas Panhandle, where my wife and I lived until this past May, went through an entire winter with any measurable precipitation. No snow. No rain. Nothing!<\/p>\n

North Texas didn’t fare much better than the Panhandle, as I have learned.<\/p>\n

So, cities that are pondering whether to impose restrictions on water use face the mother of conundrums: Do they interfere with their revenue stream, depriving their municipal coffers of money used to fund various public services?<\/p>\n

The NTMWD, based in Wylie, serves about a dozen communities north and east of Dallas. Rummel talked about the array of measures that the district has taken to improve the quality of water; it also is planning to spend a significant amount of money to improve the delivering of water.<\/p>\n

From my standpoint, a city that faces the prospect of running dry — of losing its water supply — has no choice whatsoever than to impose limits, even if it chokes off the revenue it uses to pay for the myriad municipal services it provides. Moreover, I am amazed that city officials would be so reluctant to take a proactive stance that conserves this priceless natural resource.<\/p>\n

And yet, according to Janet Rummel, cities are wringing their hands over such a decision. I find the quandary a non-starter.<\/p>\n\n

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