Comments on: PUC Suggests Boise Cut Water Fee

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:33:01 +0000

So, it cost the City of Boise less to maintain the hydrants than it will cost the water company. Imagine that. Privitization strikes again.

The headline at the beginning of this article is wildly misleading:

“PUC Suggests Boise Cut Water Fee”

Before I read the article I thought the IPUC was doing something for the consumer for a change. LOL, silly me.

By: J Smith

J Smith — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:34:06 +0000

$315,000 added to the profit margin of a French company, to be siphoned off from the Boise economy and never seen again, while Team Dave has more money for golden shovels.

By: Clancy

Clancy — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:21:33 +0000

Money aside, is United Water required to 100% level of service and is that required to backed by a performance bond? What happens if a hydrant is out of service due to a private companies goals being different than the public need?

By: Yossarian_22

Yossarian_22 — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:43:07 +0000

Here is an example where the government can provide a service cheaper than another monopoly, hence Suez Corporation. The difference here is staggering. Exactly what more will we get from Suez (United) for $315K more? Why is Boise giving this service up? And yes, if we have no other choice but to accept this handoff of services to Suez, then we should receive a compensation from Boise City by dropping the fee.

By: Easterner

Easterner — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 16:04:46 +0000

So why would United Water be the one to pay for fire hydrants ?

That’s like saying United water has to pay for the line from the meter up to my faucet… don’t worry I own the faucet, and the key to turn it on.

And how about the other cities?

Sounds like another foul on the city.

By: Brian Vermilion

Brian Vermilion — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 12:11:58 +0000

Of course they won’t reduce the fees. Bieter has fooled Boiseans once again and is now comfortably snuggled in for another term. Hence there is no such thing as a downward adjustment in taxes. Once in place, bureaucrats become dependent upon the latest publicly funded teat.

By: Water Leak

Water Leak — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 09:48:37 +0000

Boise over charging? I can’t believe it!

Sidebar: I’d like to have someone in Boise city services or PUC investigate if there is any correlation of broken residential water lines and United Water doing waterline flushing or flow testing.

Once upon a time United Water was rapidly opening and closing some large valves in a large water main some distance from my home as part of a test for a new school. I happened to be in the crawlspace at the time. The water hammer from their valve testing was making the waterlines under my floor jump from the shock and over pressure. I spoke to a United Water engineer and he said, “yep that was us doing a test”.

I’ve also noticed the incidence of broken residential water lines seems to occur in clusters. I have no facts, just curious observations. Should be easy to correlate with the big picture in hand.