The Editor,
Re. "Show her the study on water" (Letters, The Tri-City News, Dec. 19).
Letter writer Sarah Strom wrote that she's skeptical that people living in a condo or townhouse use half the water of a single-family house.
The single-family home likely has front and rear lawns that need routine watering even through summer restrictions.
The single-family home is likely to have several vehicles that will be washed in the driveway from time to time. (Condo residents likely take their car to a car wash.)
Finally, many so-called single-family homes have secondary suites whose occupants consume water, too.
The Tri-City municipalities should have a program to install water meters in all homes in order to charge for actual water consumption. Water meters would encourage conservation and provide fair billing.
D.B. Wilson, Port Moody
