Little Old Ladies Pay for GVW Malfeasance

Yup, they do.
And yup, GVW did produce a 2012 Master Water Plan that can only be described as a wrongdoing.

A sweet little old lady, approaching 93 years of age, gave me her Vernon water invoices for the last two quarters.  

During the 3-month period

 July 1st to September 30th, 2015,

 she consumed 15.5 m3 water.

  She paid $7.276774 per cubic metre!

During the 3-month period

 October 1st to December 31st, 2015,

 she consumed 14.0 m3 water.

 She paid $7.94142 per cubic metre!

Her average water cost for that 6 month period was $7.59 a cubic metre.

Then add her sewer infrastructure base fee of $50.20 to each quarterly invoice and the costs per cubic metre spiral to $10.515 and $11.527 respectively.

GVW's malfeasance?

• (1)  Mothballing Master Water Plan 2002 which called for agricultural and domestic line separation (line twinning).
• (2)  Having every resident pay--ad infinitum--for chlorinated water to be applied to area farmlands.
•  (3)  Rejecting the public demand for agriculture to pay more!

And, when irrigation is turned off during the 6+ months of winter:

Duteau Creek Water Treatment costs are $363 per megalitre!

Mission Hill Water Treatment costs are       $83 per megalitre!

I've never before heard a sweet little old lady swear (albeit a mild oath).

"A little louder," offers Kia.