On 3/25/2021 11:40 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 3/24/2021 11:17 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> That sounds awfully high. I pay a basic charge but water is billed at
> $2.28 per thousand gallons. The meter reads in increments of 100
> gallons. So I pay .0028 cents per gallon. Rate goes up slightly at 6000
> gallons.
>
> Sewer is based on water. Twice a week trash collection is $14.33 a month.
>
> I abhor waste but use what I need since it is reasonably priced. Typical
> monthly bill is $65 or so.

That's about inline with what I pay. I'd much prefer being billed as
you are, because I'm positive that I could squeak my usage lower. When
I can make it a game to save money, I do. I hate being wasteful, but I
honestly never know exactly how much water I use. I don't run the water
for no reason, and I always use the suds saver feature for the next load
on my old washing machine. All I know is that I use fewer than 2k
gallons monthly.