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To: TimF who wrote (329026)	3/18/2007 7:13:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573238

How much water did/do you use? I do see that your rates seattle.gov are much higher than mine fcwa.org I wonder why Seattle's rates are so high. Seattle gets about the same amount of rainfall (even if it has a reputation for getting a lot more) I am not sure why but here are a couple of possibilities: While western WA gets normal rain, eastern WA does not and is a much larger area. Therefore, water from Western WA is siphoned off for the farms in the eastern part of the state. Plus, even the western part of the state has to irrigate its crops to some degree because rainfall tails off in the summer........the climate becomes more Mediterranean like CA. In addition, water is a little more iffy in WA state. We get most of our rain in winter. Spring and fall can be spotty and summer pretty much bone dry. Consequently, there is always concern about water. Every year in January, like in CA and OR, the state measures the snow in the Cascades to determine if there will be sufficient water during the summer months. Several years ago, the snowpack was way below normal and we were told to expect conservation measures to be implemented that summer. Fortunately, the Spring rains were unusually heavy that year. Again, I am not sure why Seattle water is more expensive but I suspect the above has something to do with it.