Looking at my bill for Sept.

2 units of water (1 unit = 100 cubic feet or 748 gals) Total: $5.50
Sewer fees 1 unit at $2.45 Total: $2.45
Stormwater fee 1.88 ESU @ $10.26 per ESU $19.29 Total: $19.29

Total of all: $27.24

I would assume different cities have different methods for calculating these things.

It's kind of frustrating that the only thing I can control is the water usage and that's the cheapest part of my bill. Everything else is a set fee.

Kevin

$1.01 per 1000 gallons.
$2.2520 per 1000 gallons of intake water for sewer charge.

There are other set/minimum fees, but I'd have to check my bill.

old rate: $1.67 just to have water service in your name, plus $0.317 per 100 gals.
old rate for sewer: $4.31 just to have sewer in your name, plus $0.445 per 100 gals.

new rate: $2.42, plus $0.638 per 100 gals water
sewer: $18.68, plus $0.544 per 100 gals.

Seems a little high to me. The water rates doubled!! And look at the sewer, from $4.31 to $18.68!!

I truly don't know how they justify that. However, I have service through the city utilities and I guess they have to come up with some way to offset the cost of having almost every street in town under construction plus the new overpass going across the hwy.

Grrrrr!

I do not know how much my water actually costs but I think it is more than what I read in the above posts and it is a guaranteed bigger pain in the neck than your service ! Be thankful you even have clean running water unlike so many other countries .

This is the first time I've ever had a well, and while I was hesitant at first, now I love it.

Dee

I'm in small town southern Alberta and am paying:
Water - metered (per 1000 gal) - $4.43
Sewer - metered (per 1000 gal of water used) - $5.66

We should all be glad we're not paying the actual cost of delivering fresh potable water to our homes, the infrastructure & treatment doesn't come cheap.

My greenhouses run off an irrigation well. It's very deep, and cost thousands to drill. I have seen ads in the paper for real estate and the realtors used the phrase free water for those properties. Hah! The spring is pretty darned close to free, but a well is anything but. You are, for all intents and purposes running a non-subsidised water plant. Everything from the initial cost to the maintenance, to the safety is your responsibility. The system also requires a pressure tank and you better be a mechanic, because in our area, nobody and I mean nobody in the plumbing business will work on them or install them. So, you learn to do it yourself. I see a niche somebody could get rich in.

So, you pay for water dearly sooner or later.

I also own property in town. The minimum water bill is about thirty dollars bi-monthly and that is just for being hooked up, whether you use it or not. It does include refuse pick-up, sewer fees. If you use the water, the cost goes up, of course. The breakdown shows the sewerage is at least twice the cost of the water. For a community with a fairly low population, and ample water, the rates are pretty stiff. I know a family member used to get sixty dollar bi-monthly bills and she watched her consumption closely.

Our water conservation district is trying to get all property owners to have assessments for storm run-off, whether they're hooked to a system or have their own sewerage systems. So far, it hasn't happened, but I imagine it's coming down the road, and would appear on our property taxes.

I have to pay to have the septic tank pumped every 18 months, about $100, if I do the digging to get to the tank. Another $60 if they do the digging. Electricity for the well pump costs about $7.50 a month. There is a small well house. During freezing weather I run a heat lamp in there 24/7 to make sure the pump doesn't freeze.

Lorna

Sewer Charge
base fee $2.47 first 7 gal
$4.27 per 1000 gal thereafter
tax 7%