WATER USE: Rental property owners pay high price

I find it very interesting in this article (“Five Billion Gallons and Counting”) in Tuesdays paper that Terry Pickel, the director of the city’s water department stated that 75% of the water consumption during the summer months is going for irrigation. Maybe someone in the city administration should look into the fact that taxpaying residents owning triplexes and above rental units are being charged exorbitant rates for their sewer service, since your water usage is tied to sewage usage.

I’d gladly pay the fee for the water to keep the lawn watered and property looking good, but to say the water that is used for irrigation is going into the sewer system is not only wrong but is irresponsible.

Normal sewer charges at a duplex that I own is $48.92 per unit, my monthly sewer charge at our fourplex runs between $350 to $500 per month in the summer.

RICHARD PIAZZA

Hayden