Cohousing-L Mailing List: Submetering Water [was Solar microgrid, anyone?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Mar 24, 2022, at 6:09 PM, Ken Winter <ken [at] sunward.org> wrote:
> 
> At Sunward Cohousing we went over to using submeters for our water bills
> several years ago, and we're glad we did.  See my work-in-progress report
> on this at
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14kO0ncu6-G0W_qJKJqsjxXT9xYAotIWSXGhqTK1aF0c/edit?usp=sharing

This is a wonderful document. Is there a place to store documents like this on 
the SohoUS website? It’s so complete and clearly written and formatted that it 
would be of value to everyone for at least 5-10 years.

One question — when looking at the cost of $50 per unit, and water reduction of 
20%, has this increased the overall amount the community spends on water 
service? Understanding that it has reduced water use and distributed costs more 
fairly, there are some in my community who would ask immediately if there is 
any savings to anyone beyond reducing water consumption which might be done in 
other ways.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org