“I would just take less showers, I guess.”

— Jacki Becker, Kickball aficionado, Lawrence

“I’d go for 2 percent. They always ask for more than they need.”

— Robert Tindell, owner of SSD Tindell Trucking, Lawrence

“The sewage bill is too high. I would say call it the sewage bill and not the water bill because the water is half what the sewer is.”

— Jane Unruh, travel auditor, Lawrence

“That’s unfortunate because if I am going to be paying more money I am going to have to be making more money and I have yet to figure out how to do that. I guess I won’t be filling a swimming pool by myself.”

— Aubree Weekley, student, Lawrence