How Much Water Do We Consume? How Much Do We Pay for It?

Discussion

“…The writer has found that such high usage usually results in a great leveling off of unit costs, whereas the opposite is true where per capita demand is low. Seattle is 100 per cent metered, and curves of water consumption published in the JOURNAL in 1937 (3) show that the expected per capita use for a little more than 500,000 people (where fully metered) should be around 120 gpd. Thus Seattle is on the high side and rates should be correspondingly low.…”

Water Supplies of Northeastern New Jersey

“…As if sensing the onset of such a period, Wolman (6), in 1929, pointed out clearly that per capita consumption is greatly dependent on economic conditions. Other contributions on per capita consumption have been given by Metcalf (7), Whitman (8) and the writer (9).…”