Stricter (but not looser) standards can be imposed on state level. Canada has no binding national drinking water law, they leave it to territories/provinces to decide how to implement guidelines.
What if instead we could all collectively agree that access to some amounts of fresh, running water is a fundamental human need? We figure a number, and the first N units are free. Additional units cost money, and perhaps you have two or three usage tiers where heavy users are disincentivized through additional cost.
You calculate the figures such that the higher usage tiers subsidize the costs of the basic needs users.
sgnelson|5 months ago
Think of the cost savings!
yaroslavvb|5 months ago
stouset|5 months ago
You calculate the figures such that the higher usage tiers subsidize the costs of the basic needs users.
Or would that be socialism?