One of the world's highest water users, adopts water meters!

Congratulations to the City Council of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada!  I applaude your recent decision (March) to install water meters in all city residences by 2013.  Kamloops city residents use an average of 790 Litres/Person/Day (a seasonal range of 430-1800 of L/P/D), and that has to change. Water awareness will increase, as the Kamloops residents equate their behavior to their water meter bills.  There is a lot of technology out there to help them keep thier current lifestyle: i.e rain sensors for automatic sprinkler systems, rain barrel collection systems and the plain-and-simple hose nozzle.

I challenge Kamloops to relinquish its current status of the "one of the world's highest water users" by 2013.  I live in Kamloops and I will do my part.  

 Here is a look at water use statistics for Kamloops's neighbouring city, Kelowna.

Update: Implementation of water meters  underway.

references:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28375517/Kamloops-City-Hall-Universal-Water-Meter-Recommendation-Report-March-16th-2010



http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=757

http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/auth/english/maps/freshwater/consumption/domestic

http://poliswaterproject.org/sites/default/files/PricingPrimer_1.pdf

Comments

[beaumont]

Rain sensors and rain barrel collection systems? We get very little rain in this desert like area known as Kamloops so both these ideas are nothing more than sheer folly when it comes to saving any amount of even mediocre water usage. You state you live in Kamloops and yet are completely ignorant of this fact?
Kamloops as one of the worlds highest water users?
"Do your part" by first getting your facts straight before guessing, we are no where near what you claim all the while living in an area with Canada's hottest overall summer temperatures. I can guess too and my guess is your'e an apartment dweller so water meters are of no real consequence to you whatsoever.
Find another bandwagon to jump on.