I got a water bill for $90. Is that high for four guys?

8/31/2011 10:21:54 PM

That would be high for my house.

8/31/2011 10:25:27 PM

I don't think ours has ever been over $30 Sounds like you have a leak somewhere. Or a water loving roommate.

8/31/2011 10:36:43 PM

Someone faps in the shower for thirty minutes

8/31/2011 10:48:05 PM

lol

8/31/2011 10:49:26 PM

not high for Cary, but high for Raleigh.

8/31/2011 11:19:10 PM

45 for 3 people with something like 4-5 showers a day, 1 person doing laundry and the dishwashing machine going every other day,

8/31/2011 11:43:01 PM

My wife and I and our three kids live in Apex and last month our Water portion of the bill (elec, water, sewer, garbage & recycling in one bill) was $34.88 and Sewer was $49.34 for a total of $84.22.

It also says that we used 7300 gallons though I discovered that all of our toilets were running (albeit very slowly) so got that fixed and expect the amount to go down some

Edit to add that my wife doesn't know how to take less than a 30 minute shower. And when she shaves her legs it's more like 40-45min

[Edited on August 31, 2011 at 11:46 PM. Reason : .]

8/31/2011 11:45:03 PM

We're a family of four and our highest water bill has been 26 bucks for 2 months.

8/31/2011 11:54:08 PM

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" my wife doesn't know how to take less than a 30 minute shower. And when she shaves her legs it's more like 40-45min"

Jesus christ. I understand taking a 10 minute shower but that is just fucking excessively wasteful.

9/1/2011 6:21:52 AM

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"not high for Cary, but high for Raleigh."

Yeah, this. Our Cary water bill started in the $30/month range. Over the course of a few years this inflated to the $60 range - same usage.

9/1/2011 6:26:07 AM

Last year I had a $500 water bill. Fucking leaky toilet.

9/1/2011 7:34:57 AM

^ WOAH


we're in cary and our water bill was 90 last month


but it's usually in the 40s

9/1/2011 7:48:45 AM

mine is $11.13 every month

suckers

9/1/2011 8:05:36 AM

ecobandits!

9/1/2011 8:23:34 AM

In my house we've never had a monthly bill over $55. And that's for 3 people. And I wash my car a lot

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9/1/2011 8:35:58 AM

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"not high for Cary, but high for Raleigh"

We live in Cary but our water bill has never been that high.

9/1/2011 8:53:22 AM

i find it really fucking irritating that the city i live in enforces a "minimum charge" for 3000 gallons water / 3000 gallons sewer, which equates to a $53/month minimum bill.

last month, we've been on hardcore drought restrictions. misdemeanor for washing a car, no watering of the lawn, etc... and yet, the minimum still holds.

no chance we used 3k gallons.

[Edited on September 1, 2011 at 9:20 AM. Reason : also, i water my foundation when allowed. that uses a lot of water. super dry with a slab... sooo]

9/1/2011 9:18:32 AM

That would piss me off as well.

9/1/2011 9:22:15 AM

here's my usage for the year so far
Aug 22, 2011 4.00 CCF
Jul 21, 2011 4.00 CCF
Jun 22, 2011 10.00 CCF
May 24, 2011 4.00 CCF
Apr 25, 2011 6.00 CCF
Mar 23, 2011 4.00 CCF
Feb 23, 2011 5.00 CCF
Jan 24, 2011 6.00 CCF

the portion of my utility bill for water for august was $14, wastewater was $19.

2 people, 2 dogs, 1 cat, 55gal & 30gal fish tanks, & a 0.67 acre lawn.

[Edited on September 1, 2011 at 9:32 AM. Reason : ]

9/1/2011 9:30:33 AM

I'm a heavy water user between June and September.

I think my water bill for July and august was $225 or so.

9/1/2011 9:32:32 AM

2 Adults, 3 dogs, 1 cat... About 3-5 CCF/month. I like extra long showers and wash the cars every other month or so.

9/1/2011 3:25:18 PM

Ok, just got the water bill and can give you some real numbers.

We used 7200 gallons over the last two months -- that averages to about 5 CCFs a month. That's for a family of four who cloth diapers, hand washes dishes, and had a 30 year old washing machine. We just installed new appliances this week. I'm interested in seeing how the new front load washing machine and having a working dishwasher impacts our water use.

9/1/2011 5:08:09 PM

^ It's gonna be huge! I was surprised at how much we saved after getting a front loading washer. Before we were using this crappy washer from the early 90s.

9/1/2011 8:34:32 PM

front load washer saves about 30 gallons/load

9/1/2011 10:07:54 PM

so let me get this straight

they charge you for the water and then charge you again to let it go down the drain, but then put laws in place so that you can't use gray water to water your lawn?

LOL

i don't pay for water other than the electricity it takes to run the well pump

9/2/2011 12:14:29 AM

100
1 to bathe
1 to drink
1 to water my 400 year old Bonsai collection
and 97 to flush my toilet.

9/2/2011 1:32:36 AM

^^ I thought Raleigh changed the rules on grey water to allow it.

9/2/2011 9:03:46 AM

^^^ Oh and they ALSO charge you for the run off water whenever it rains too. Water from rain is part of your "waste water" contribution. Go figure. The more it rains, the higher your waste will be. Talk about BS.

9/2/2011 5:52:49 PM

My toilet runs/leaks

But water is included in rent so I've had to motivation to have it fixed

Yes, I am a horrible person

9/2/2011 6:04:25 PM

haha suckers

9/2/2011 9:48:36 PM

Excluding irrigation, we used 297 gallons per day.

Including irrigation, over 800 gallons a day.

9/2/2011 10:59:45 PM

My water bill is ~40$ a month for 1 guy. Thank you harnett county for mandatory sewage fee of 20$ and mandatory billing of 1k gallons for 20$. Whether I don't use the water or wash and do laundry every day!!!!, its the same price.

9/8/2011 6:45:57 PM

At my wife's house they get billed for over 200/day. It's just not possible without a leak.

9/12/2011 1:20:32 PM

I dunno how much we use per day, but our monthly bill (for 2 guys) is $40-50.

9/12/2011 1:27:37 PM

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"I dunno how much we use per day, but our monthly bill (for 2 guys) is $40-50."

9/12/2011 1:56:30 PM

Last bill was for 14000 gallons, the one before 33000

9/12/2011 3:37:14 PM

40.333333333333333/day

9/13/2011 9:07:39 PM