[qwertylicious]

As a homeowner I literally pay a fee every month to fund the construction and maintenance of the infrastructure that gets water to my home.

If that water supply is cut off without valid reason, there is a complaint mechanism with the local utility commission where the issue can be heard and resolved.

I also live in the municipality where my water is supplied, and therefore am represented by its government.

Therefore I am both economically and politically invested in that infrastructure.

Unfortunately none of this is true for the folks in this article.

Is that a "guarantee"? No. Nothing is guaranteed. But it's far better than the arrangement these folks operated under.

[darth_avocado]

The arrangement they had with the town was closer to buying water at a gas station. You sort of assume it’s always going to be there, but one day it wasn’t because they stopped selling it.