"You're loosing water." I say to the lady working the 24 hour leak hotline. "It's above my meter, so not coming out of my bill, but it's gushing out." She doesn't care. I understand, kind of. I too grew up thinking of water as a renewable resource, not something we have to consider in the grand scheme of things. But the water company doesn't care? Says to wait two days for the office to reopen and if they are concerned they can call someone out? The water department... doesn't care.
@tippitiwichet My mother lives in one of these communities. Utterly dependent on the Colorado river which they are losing at an unbelievable rate, they have gushing floods twice or three times a month and the rental company waters, you guessed it, sand. The water company doesn't even respond to complaints about the water misuse even though the city states that there are terrible fines for misuse of water including refusal to repair lines.
@LindaTeppler Well, naturally. Something that inconveniences people isn't nearly as important as something that inconveniences a wealthy person's (or utility company's) wallet. *rolls eyes*