I got my water bill today. It's for the April through June quarter.
Disclaimers: I live alone. I don't have a pool. I don't water the "grass." (I don't have any.) I bathe every day, sometimes more than once a day, but I use a cut-off valve when I don't need the water actively running. I do my own laundry in a front load washing machine.
My usage was 5000 gallons. I'm not sure if it was less, but I think they have a minimum charge for 5000 gallons. Unless they did away with that in exchange for the meter fee, but it doesn't say there was a meter fee.
My last quarter bill, under the old billing system, was a total of $72.26. This quarter, under what I think is the new system, it is $61.87. The "water charge" is $42.85. The County adds a "Service Fee" (not sure what service the County renders) of $4.02. CNM applies a surcharge of 25% for "delivering" water outside North Miami, so that was an additional $10.71. We, VBP, add a utility tax of 10%, which was $4.29. These charges are all per quarter.
So the total for me is about $20.62 per month. In other parts of the country, people pay water bills of $100 per month.
So that's it, ladies and gentlemen. Drink up.
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