I understand the frustration with fees. We put up solar panels last year. In this part of the year we sell more electricity back to the power company than we buy. Last month we used $10 worth of electricity, but the bill was - oh, I can't remember - $84? $2.50 for meter reading, even though they installed the sort that can be read remotely. That kind of stuff. Started me thinking about the economics of just going off-grid even though that would require installation of a small gas-powered generator and a battery bank.
Power is a thing that gets delivered every day. Not so true of water, here. But it's even harder to live without water than it is without electricity. So I suppose we'll pay whatever it takes to have it. Fortunately here the fees here are a little more related to usage.
Heh, heh, I bet you could get even with the water company if they don't charge adequately for high water usage: roses are thirsty plants.
