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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Watermetergate Update


It is hard for me to understand that for years nobody in the District of Tofino wondered why Ocean Village Beach Resort was getting a water bill over three times larger than Pacific Sands Beach Resort which is a much larger operation. I could understand one billing error but this has been going on for at least five years if not a decade !!
I've just used these bills as one example.....the problem is far greater than I imagined.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 19, 2015 at 3:42 PM

    I don't understand either. Ocean Village has a water well (located on district road allowance I believe) that they have been able to use for all their irrigation. Ocean village also has a swimming pool. There may have been earlier water conservation efforts at Pacific Sands? Pacific Sands collects rainwater for all their irrigation.

    Short showers with a shower head you can shut off between soaping and rinsing, clothes washer that being a front loader uses less water, dishwasher that is a low water usage model and flushing with rainwater can result in a Tofino water bill of less than $10 per person on the last water bill.

    However you'd think someone would have noticed the discrepancies at the resorts.

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  2. Ralph TielemanMay 19, 2015 at 5:33 PM

    It was pointed out by a loyal reader that the Pacific Sands meter reading was an estimate only. I am following up.

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