MV ESTF: Water + Energy + Built environment?

[Mark Gilkey]

Hi water group and BruceK of the energy group,

 

I just remembered that in my condo association, individual units do not pay for water, or for water heating, based on consumption.  Instead the entire complex pays a single bill, and residents are charged a fixed fraction of that cost in the monthly HOA fees.  This obviously gives almost no incentive to conserve water or the energy used to heat water. 

 

Retrofitting condo and apartment complexes is totally impractical.  (Our condo association was quoted a price of $5000 per gas meter to add gas meters for the units that have natural gas "fireplaces".)  However, in future construction, it would make sense to have separate water meters for each unit, and the energy (whether electricity, natural gas, or other) for heating that water should also be billed on a per-unit basis. 

 

Is this a recommendation that should be included in the water group, energy group, or perhaps another group such as the "Built Environment" group? 

 

--mgilkey

Mark Gilkey

MV ESTF

at-large member

[Marn-Yee Lee]

We are not including this in the water working group proposal.  At this moment, all proposals are frozen.  Thanks.

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Marn-Yee Lee
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[Elizabeth Sarmiento]

Hello WG and all interested,

 

Here’s a link of a recent water report “California Drought Update” with a ton of info that you might find useful.

 

 

http://watersupplyconditions.water.ca.gov/DroughtReport2008.pdf

 

 

Thanks,

 

Elizabeth