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Personally, I'd rather pay for my usage. I've lived in an apartment complex where they didn't have a meter for every apattment and let me tell you, the second people around here don't directly pay for their own usage it seems like they just waste water on purpose. I couldn't figure out how these people used up that much water based on my previous typical monthly usage.
I wish people weren't that way.
What's wrong with them using said water? Also you have only one data point for people in the complexes usage which may not be a good indicator.
If they are using more than they really need, there's plenty wrong with that. Water may be recyclable but there's still only so much to go around at once. And I mean in general.
I think it's a pretty good indicator. Because that's how a lot of people treat things when they go from having to pay for there usage to getting it free. Think of how many people waste food at buffets cause they paid a flat rate to get in. There's no incentive to be conservative.
No matter how long they run that faucet they will never be a top user, because their competitors in this race is literally all commercial water companies and they barely even use their water comparatively. All it takes to triple the water usage is 2 more people than one.
This is just hating on people for living slightly differently than you.