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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
My guess (hope?) is the actual required usage rate can be much higher than the target 25% reduction. Set that goal high and then we're okay even when we miss it sort of approach.
I do think there was probably a spike with people getting ready for school this week. Come back from whatever you were doing on the long weekend and then a bunch of laundry, baths, and showers were had.
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In the short term I agree that hopefully we don't end up with a boil water because that would suck.
But I sort of disagree with the plan of "if we lie to the populace about what's required and the consequences of their actions they're more likely to comply"
Telling everyone we will have boil water advisories the whole winter if we don't get to 450/day is important if it's true. But if the actual facts are "boil water for a month if we don't get to 475/day" then I'd prefer they say that.
The untruthful/exaggerated version probably works better in the short term, but this isn't a single round game. And when you lie to people you shouldn't be surprised if they don't trust you in the future.
And I think people not listening to the government is becoming a pretty big issue for all sorts of things, so I'd prefer that public trust not get eroded.