I agree about motivations but surely you’re not suggesting we don’t do our part.
BTW, just heard on the radio, Douglas County is turning off the water of anyone they catch violating the outdoor ban. $1,000 restoration fee. Pretty compelling!!
I'm suggesting that "doing our part" is a poor motivator for human behavior compared to "owning our part."
And I'm just parroting older and smarter people than myself, like maybe Aristotle!
For example, indexing the monthly pricing for water to the level of the resevoir would get you a much better feedback/control system than arbitrary nanny-state police punishment of $1000 fines.
What msrngtp said is closer to this solution than fines and feel-goodery.