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Is the residential sector currently subsidizing the commercial sector?

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Is the residential sector currently subsidizing the commercial sector?

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No. Under the former flat rate system residential customers contributed about 59% of the revenues of water bills despite the fact that usage is split fairly evenly between the two groups. The user-based water meter system has helped rectify this inequity.