Marin County cut urban water use from 170 to 143 gallons a head between 1987 and 1998 by a plan involving staggered water rates.
In Beijing, water rates for home use start at just one yuan (about 12 cents) per cubic metre, far below cost, with heavy users paying a bit more.
They asked Gordon Brown, the prime minister, to pay for winter-fuel grants for Northern Ireland's pensioners, and for water services so that they can postpone the introduction of water rates.
The recent years of drought, millions of gallons of water lost through leaky pipes and rising rates of water consumption are all problems faced by the water companies.
Some of the abuses have long been obvious: California's farmers suck up 85% of the state's water at subsidised rates and then grow thirsty crops such as cotton in the desert.
In addition, it is hiking: bus and metro fares, school fees, water and electricity rates, property taxes and all at a time when annual food inflation is touching 16%.
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In Southern California, Los Angeles water officials are thinking about raising rates to replace thousands of miles of decaying water pipes.
"It sticks in the craw" of farmers, Mr. Gertson said, that the authority will continue to release water to golf courses and other recreational customers that pay higher rates for a guaranteed water supply.
Each pool has several generators, large and small, pouring water in at various rates.
Members began the session with debates on rates and water charges, but there were also exchanges about collusion.
But over the years, as soda increasingly came under fire for fueling the nation's rising obesity rates, water quietly rose to knock it off the top spot.
And yet both are dependent on an infrastructure of electricity and transportation that leads to oil spills, high asthma rates, contaminated water, etc.
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The country is consuming groundwater faster than it is being replenished, and the result of the rapid depletion is that water tables are dropping at alarming rates.
The costs -- including effects on property values, insurance rates, food and water supplies -- would be in the tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, according to the United Nations and other organizations.
Water officials in Pittsburgh are considering raising rates more than 13% for infrastructure improvements.
That will come in the form of water charges as well as higher household rates.
Jeff Rooker has taken personal charge of the programme of reform following the Review of Public Administration, from local government rates to the introduction of water charges.
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The low rates keep Irish households above water.
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Homeowners would soon have timers on their water heaters to take full advantage of these low rates.
As temperatures rise or pressure rates fall, the hydrate disintegrates and the water releases the gas.
The development of biofertilization techniques would also increase water use efficiency by promoting higher nutrient absorption and crop growth rates.
Companies without sustainable water management practices could see restricted access to capital, high loan rates, and inflated insurance premiums.
Baliffs are due on Friday over unpaid council rates, the electricity is set to be cut off and the water has already been cut off.
The MRC researchers said increased fracture rates could not be blamed on concentrations of fluoride at levels found in water supplies, even when additional fluoride was added.
But probably the most important factor for decreases in cancer rates of the types Mangano cites was immense improvements in California air, water and food quality during that time frame.
The influence of the state in controlling key prices notably interest rates, the exchange rate, and prices for refined energy products, water, and electricity politicizes investment decisions, artificially spurs export-led growth, and favors manufacturing.
It has rising rates of child malnutrition and alarming declines in reserves of its two main resources, oil and water.
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