it's funny i saw this thread, just after I got the Following txt from my brother:
"I am 4 hrs away from Saving $60 on my water bill, with 10 gallons remaining"
His Subdivision is in the Township, but water and Sewer are provided by the Village. they have 2 rate scales, one for inside the Village, and one for outside the Village.
the outside scale is almost double the $$ of the inside scale.
The Minimum Billing is for 1700 gallons and under
0-1700 Gallons Water and Sewer
Inside the Village - $21.11 Water+$5 service fee+$8.90 Sewer+$5 service fee+$3 storm sewer+$20 Garbage(includes Curbside recycling)=$63.01 Minimum Bill
Outside the Village - $35.40+$5 Service Fee+$13.35 Sewer+$5 service fee=$58.75 Minimum Bill, and you have to hire your own Trash Hauler( no Recycling, even if you hire the same company that has the village contract )
if you go even 1 gallon over, the next tier goes all the way to 3000 Gallons water, and 5200 sewer (sewer based on your water reading)
1701-3000 Gallons Water, 1701-5200 Gallons Sewer
Inside the Village - $45.04 Water+$5 service fee+$26.80 Sewer+$5 service fee+$3 storm sewer+$20 Garbage=$104.84
Outside the Village - $75.48+$5 Service Fee+$40.20 Sewer+$5 service fee=$125.68
so if he uses 11 Gallons of Water before midnight, that 1 gallon will Cost him an extra $66.93
he has trouble staying under the 1700 gallon mark, and it's just him at the house, 1 guy, couple loads of laundry a week, only 1 working toilet, etc.
I would have offered to run him over a couple gallons of drinking water, (we're on a well/septic) but My Car is in the shop...
and the real crazy thing is, even with those water prices, our uncle who lives just down the block from him, will be out there watering is grass and flower beds all summer...
Full rate Chart PDF