Water Bill
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We pay METCOM about $80 a month for water and sewer.
PeoplesElbow
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15 years ago my water (and sewer) bill was $40, one person, 2 years ago it had increased to $80 for one person, now I am paying $100+ for two. I do have an old 1970s toilet that gets flushed a lot though.
NorthBeachPerso
Honorary SMIB
In North Beach the minimum charge (4000 gallons) per quarter for water and sewer is around $150 plus the $15/quarter Flush Tax. The rates are slowly going up over the next few years to more accurately reflect costs, they hadn't been raised for years. Which I said at the time was a mistake. Chesapeake Beach is doing the same, they subsidized water/sewer rates for years out of tap fees from new construction and that pot of money finally ran out.
As note, in this area water is relatively cheap while sewer is, and will continue to be, expensive. The cost estimates for ENR requirements imposed a number of years ago for both upgrading of the treatment plants and treatment of the sewage were off by a factor of two or three.
My current bill is $350 (includes the Flush Tax) for 23,000 gallons. That's in line, although a bit high, with my historic usage, which usually runs between 18,000 gallons to 21,000 per quarter. Those numbers are in line with the numbers used to size systems for construction of households using between 50 gallons and 80 gallons a day per person.
As note, in this area water is relatively cheap while sewer is, and will continue to be, expensive. The cost estimates for ENR requirements imposed a number of years ago for both upgrading of the treatment plants and treatment of the sewage were off by a factor of two or three.
My current bill is $350 (includes the Flush Tax) for 23,000 gallons. That's in line, although a bit high, with my historic usage, which usually runs between 18,000 gallons to 21,000 per quarter. Those numbers are in line with the numbers used to size systems for construction of households using between 50 gallons and 80 gallons a day per person.
DEEKAYPEE8569
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You might have to talk to METCOM about a billing cycle.....if they still offer a flat rate for water or not. If they only charge 'per gallon' and you are maintaining a pool be ready to shell out BIG bucks.
SamSpade
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Oh I'm on a well with septic - but I may move sometime in the future. My sister in NC was just telling me about her water bill and I thought hell, what would I be paying? That freaking hose runs all the time.
Do people typically cover their pools when not in use? To slow evaporation? None of my neighbors do.
PeoplesElbow
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Covering is mostly to keep the leaves n crap out.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
I used to live in a community in Lexington Park, and was one of the first homes to be built in the joint. Surprisingly, my house didn't have a water meter attached to it, and I ended up with free water and sewer. METCOM came back about a year after purchase saying that they were coming in to add in a meter to the place. "No, no you're not" was my response.
When I moved several years later, I still had no meter, and had been getting water/sewer and free the entire time I owned the house.
When I moved several years later, I still had no meter, and had been getting water/sewer and free the entire time I owned the house.
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PeoplesElbow
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Sewer is so worth it to not have to worry about my poop once it leaves my butt.
We are pretty much flat rate, as the Mrs. and I do not use water over their minimum billing most months.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
Well, mine wasn't free, but from '94 (when I moved in) to around 2005 (?) I paid a flat rate regardless of how much I used. It was around $18/mo.
SamSpade
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I never DO.