A little OT but grrr...
Last summer we went through a drought. We didn't have mandatory water restrictions but were close to it. The little valley down the road was on mandatory restriction. Their aquifer plain ran out of water. Anyway, Our water co. asked for voluntary reduced water usage so we wouldn't run out...
Apparently, our collective water reduction was TOO successful. Earlier this year, the water co. decided to significantly raise our water rates. Everybody is mad, because we felt we were being punished for voluntarily reducing water use during a water shortage. The water co. tried to say no, its not because of the drought and reduced water usage, its because they need to make upgrades to their system.
Recently, they admitted it IS because of the reduced water usage, citing declining revenue due to the drought.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't.