what you are saying is fine.... You pay QR 30 to use QR 30 of water, QR 1000 for QR 1000 of water... I agree! However, there is abuse and abuse should not be allowed no matter how willing we are to pay for it.
BUT, a reality based mechanism must exist. The laws are not a reasonable mechanism for all the points I stated. Fines outside such a mechanism only become a joke and get nowhere. It does not deal with reality and, as with all non-reality based mechanisms, some poor person making a mistake at the wrong time and place suffer the consequences while constant abusers get away with it.
Metering everyone, charging a reasonable rate for reasonable use and charging an exorbitant rate for abuse brings the hurt to any and all abusers ONLY. With some leniency (such as you abused once in the past 4 years because of a busted water pump and have not since so we let you off), it can actually be effective.
Let's get real for a minute.... "I" have to want to change and these laws do nothing to "me". If I don't pay for water / electricity and have a maid/houseboy, guess who is
- washing the house, car and the neighbourhood at 2 am or as soon as the "water police" are off work
- opening the drain covers on the property and squeegy-ing all the water into the drains.
- A whole host of other "cheats" that we can all come up with.
All in all, a common error is not looking at the whole picture. In this case the picture is a whole lot more that just "there is abuse" and "let's fine abuse".
what you are saying is fine.... You pay QR 30 to use QR 30 of water, QR 1000 for QR 1000 of water... I agree! However, there is abuse and abuse should not be allowed no matter how willing we are to pay for it.
BUT, a reality based mechanism must exist. The laws are not a reasonable mechanism for all the points I stated. Fines outside such a mechanism only become a joke and get nowhere. It does not deal with reality and, as with all non-reality based mechanisms, some poor person making a mistake at the wrong time and place suffer the consequences while constant abusers get away with it.
Metering everyone, charging a reasonable rate for reasonable use and charging an exorbitant rate for abuse brings the hurt to any and all abusers ONLY. With some leniency (such as you abused once in the past 4 years because of a busted water pump and have not since so we let you off), it can actually be effective.
Let's get real for a minute.... "I" have to want to change and these laws do nothing to "me". If I don't pay for water / electricity and have a maid/houseboy, guess who is
- washing the house, car and the neighbourhood at 2 am or as soon as the "water police" are off work
- opening the drain covers on the property and squeegy-ing all the water into the drains.
- A whole host of other "cheats" that we can all come up with.
All in all, a common error is not looking at the whole picture. In this case the picture is a whole lot more that just "there is abuse" and "let's fine abuse".