Water Usage.... CHIME IN!!!!!!!

[CowgirlJules]

Well, if a meter is going bad, it will under-register, so the customer gets more water than they're paying for. So when they put in a new, accurate meter, it might be a little shocking. I'm about to do that to one customer who's got a perpetual leak, and they're going to be surprised. But their meter's bad and they need to fix the leak, which I've pointed out to them.

Sorry I can't help you on your comparison. My customers are industrial and I'm on a well at home. But you do need to know that a water leak can add up fast. A toilet left running for a weekend, like if the flap valve sticks up, can easily go through 30,000 gallons, which is hard enough on the water bill but a real shocker when it comes to the sewer bill. That's about ten times the water bill around here due to the level of treatment they have to do to the process water.

 

[mom'sfolly]

My family of four uses about 24,000 gallons during a Texas summer, much of that spent to keep the lawn alive. We pay $2.35 per 1000 gallons for the first 18,000, then $2.94/1000 gallons. Sewer and solid waste are a separate assessment. December through March, when we don't water the lawn, we use 8000-10,000 gallons.

 

[KenK]

$42 for 15,000 gallons would be cheap around here and we have plenty of water. That is pretty high consumption for a family of four. Could be a leak or a faulty meter. Ya'll haven't just put in a gigantic bathtub or anything have you?

Most local governments have to sell bonds to finance their water system, the bond issuers generally require that the water system be able to meet the debt service out of the water systems operating income. This is what typically drives water billing rates.

 

[MommyMagpie]

We use about 3,000 gallons a month and our bill is around $25, water and sewer only. Four adult sized people, a dog, a parakeet, eight chickens. Four to six loads of wash a week, every other month I have two extra loads of mattress covers and blankets. I shower daily, the kids two showers a week and washing up in the sink on the off days. I wash the car about 4x a year at the automatic car wash.....I have a garden but I only water it until seedlings are established, then I let nature take over.

 

[frostbite]

Never had to measure. The well makes our daily usage a non issue, until the well freezes up or the pump dies and has to be replaced. And the electricity to run the pump, and to power the heat trace.... Hard to tell if it's cheaper in the long run, if you have to factor in the cost of drilling a well, but it sure does "feel" like freedom.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

We use around 3K an pay about $16 a month every month.

 

[conny63malies]

I dont know , its included into what we pay each month. (our entire BAH for an E7)

 

[silkiechicken]

Not sure what we use... but rate for water is about 17 a month plus $2.60 per ccf (100cubic feet ~750 gallons).

So if we used 15,000 gallons, that would cost about $70 bucks in water alone.

I don't remember how much we use... but do remember one month we had a $800 water bill due to a bad leak right near where we connected up with the city that wasn't noticed at all (under briars).

 

[kuntrygirl]

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$800.00 water bill!!!?????? OMG!!! I would still be in a coma if I got a water bill that was that high.

 

[silkiechicken]

Yeah... that leak was REAL BAD... and just so happen just after the previous billing cycle so it leaked for the full month and we were none the wiser till the bill came. I would think now a days they have a way to notify users if there is a big spike in usage... this was a good number of years ago, so tech on usage monitoring has improved since then.