Go back and read again the letter to which you're responding.

The writer's questions were, basically, how much are we being charged per gallon, and how's the supply holding up? He asked nothing about how much increases in billing totaled per comparable eight-month periods, or how much total Village usage had increased, or what expense ratios were.

Mr. Auffredou,

What you have cited in your letter is interesting, however, I wonder if you could post more details about the water "books" for the Village. There must be annual water audits, can you elaborate? It would be useful to see the historical gallons, in terms of sales, purchases, storage and all the related dollar flows and unit costs and how they compared with budgets vs actuals; then readers could do their own number crunching and derive conclusions.

Water is a vital asset that demands our attention.

Some historical information about the provision of our water through the years would be interesting, I think. Town residents pay more for water than Village residents as I understand it. The history of this policy, for example, should be of interest to old and new residents.

posted by P.Warren 11/17/10 9.45pm