For city water It would be best to educate people on water use for landscaping. Most sprinkler systems are set to twice a day and it is not needed early or later in the year.

Once they raise the rates they are likely to keep them there.

It wouldn't deter use to a point that it would make a huge difference. People will use the water they need, even if they have to pay a bit more. It would just amount to a revenue-generating thing.

If we're rationed we might not have sufficient water to keep trees alive. Grass and bushes or whatever can be replanted. At Great expense but trees need lots of years to come along and just letting le

Why would you purposely put people that are financially stressed under more financial stress? The only people that benefit are the water companies. How dumb is that??

No, because conservation efforts should be consistent whether or not there's a drought. Only working to educate the public when there's a drought (defined by whom?) is minimally effective.