On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 11:18:02 PM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
> On 3/24/2021 5:28 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 11:09:06 PM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
> >
> >> See my reply to Cindy above. Our water is the same cost - they bill us
> >> a minimum of 2k gallons, and I never go over minimum.
> >
> > Where do you live that you don't pay for exactly the amount you use?
> > I'm billed by volume for water and sewage treatment. The latter
> > costs more than the former.
> >
> > And as for your $1 loaf of bread in your previous post: that's shitty
> > bread. I'd rather pay $7 and get a good loaf of bread.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> I'd rather have the expensive bread too, but income is a factor in these
> things as well.
>
> I live in a community of about 10K people in eastern Ohio; local
> municipal run water. If you go over the 2K gallons, they bill you by
> the additional thousand gallons. As long as you aren't massively
> wasteful, there really isn't much motivation to save water. Sewage is
> billed based on water volume. Trash pick up is included. Rates are now
> up to $62/mo for the minimum. It's another $11-14 or so if you go over
> the 2k gal water limit.

Wow. Communism in eastern Ohio. Who knew?

Cindy Hamilton