Letter to the editor looking at the impact of curbside water runoff
The water tiered rate structure revision article (AGN, Jan. 22) takes us to one of Amarillo’s water conservation objectives. A tiered water use structure on residential properties is important but not transformative. The calculus for water usage reform needs to go much further than residential. I am aware that the Environment Task Force’s focus is on citizen water consumption and probably not even in their job description to investigate the larger issue of tier-rated commercial usage; but incentivizing efficient water use on this larger scale follows residential rates in tandem for...