down home wrote:
NYCgrrl wrote:
Tvov wrote:
Hmm... Seems I might be the odd one, as we've been to a LOT of private campgrounds in New England with pay showers. I would estimate it tends towards more than half the campgrounds we've been to around here. The Connecticut state parks we've been to don't have pay showers, but do have a simple and effective "push button" water timer to help prevent wasting water.
When I've asked campground managers about pay showers, they always say "to conserve water"... but I think that is mostly baloney, as I said previously it is perfectly easy to install simple push button showers.
I do consider pay showers a negative when staying at an expensive private campground/resort.
I only stay at private campgrounds as a last resort but have certainly noted the push button version at state parks in CT, MA and NY.
Actually, I can see the pay showers as a method of conservation if a campground has a large percentage of RVs who already have built in kit and bthrms.Bet when the owners initially figured out their rates they assumed RVers would be consuming less water but realised they were wrong. Convenient water hook ups often trumps the joy of cleaning and maintaining yer own bthrm;).
Let's not forget that CT just instituted a hefty(to some) rate increase a few years back. Part of the reason was due to water costs.
Conservation, of water is now the new "ethanol." Most of the Country is awash in rivers and lakes and under ground streams etc. Nestle,other companies and Foreign Investors are seeking to privatize all water, and some states, more or less, including rain water.
This one reason to locate, in areas with a lot, of water, on your land if possible. Nestle is emptying ah huge aquifier to the east of here for bottled water. Locals are seeing their wells going down or dry.
Charging a lot, for water, and access to water, is just their next step from bottled water, that we ridiculed.
So, is the country awash in water or are wells running dry and huge aquifers being emptied? Not sure you can have it both ways. And either way, I really don't think campgrounds would be the point men for a water cartel. It think others have it right, pay showers are either a method to increase profits for the park (which is not a bad thing), or a method to discourage use and overuse.
