We moved to the FL panhandle and live not too far from the sugar white sand beaches on the Gulf of Mexico.

I recently bought a house in the Sugar House area and a developer (I'm guessing) build 4 townhouses in the lot next door.

Also if you pay any consumption related utilities you can justify some increase by occupancy level but it is better to just have them pay utilities.

We always replace the fixtures (toilets, shower, faucets) in our new acquisitions with modern, low-flow fixtures to cut down on water consumption - the cost of which has always been in our hands {until now ... we are embarking on our first retrofit of sub-metered water into one of our properties}.

Are we going to ban the possession and consumption of pot brownies?

Unemployment still not low enough to justify it and its not like Xmas showed fantastic retail consumptions.

Even if your new washers are not Energy Star, or even HE units, they should be a little wiser with water consumption and, with a new 40usg heater you will be fine.  

I called and the lady on the phone stated this is the amount that is billed every 6 months regardless of water consumption.

I was wondering if any of you have added dishwashers and have seen a measurable decrease in water consumption as a result. 

That means less overall consumption, etc... down we go.