DOES PROPERTY OWNER OR THE TENANT PAY THE WATER BILL? [with DISCUSSION]

J.F.Christy : I do not believe this question is clear in the minds of these gentlemen. Is it not a fact that, in the payment of these water bills, those of you who held up your hands are mostly metered cities. Do I understand now that the property owners pay these water bills where they are metered or dp they require the tenant to pay the water bill? In the period when we used to have so many flat rates, the property owner usually paid the bill, which was a flat rate bill, so much per quarter in advance. The bill was the same every year, depending on what fixtures were in the house. As they began to put in meters, the property owners got away from that. They do not want to stand for the meter bill. They have deducted possibly a dollar or two from the rent and they say, "Now the tenant must pay the water bill." This is good practice.