What your average water bill? If I leave my sprinkler system to water everyday 5 days a week (M-F), my bill is usually around $190 - $200. I have sandy soil, so watering 2 days a week like most of you do, doesn't cut it for my lawn. I haven't had it on for the last 10 days (rained 8 of the last 10 days) but I am trying to go M-W-F after all of this rain and see how it affects my lawn and bill. I roughly figured that watering 5 days a week for 4 weeks (20 days) costs me about $7.50 a day.
Monthly water bill??
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I don't have irrigation so around $70. Our issue is they tie our sewage bill to our water which is a huge reason why I have not done a renovation, especially on the front yard as it needs it bad. Last year I attempted an overseed and spent about $200 on water and had a sewage bill to match. No fighting that either.
I do plan on drilling my own well although it may not be enough to water the lawn with. You can use these with pressure tanks and electric pumps. I'll be getting the kit here:
https://emergencywaterwell.com
I do plan on drilling my own well although it may not be enough to water the lawn with. You can use these with pressure tanks and electric pumps. I'll be getting the kit here:
https://emergencywaterwell.com
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Mine is ~ $100/mo. Thankfully, our sewer fees are based on the water bills between November 1st[/sup] & Feb 29[sup]th. I don't water between those dates, so the sewer fees are low.
It's kinda bad luck to have high water prices combined with hot weather and sandy soils.
It's kinda bad luck to have high water prices combined with hot weather and sandy soils.
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I feel blessed. lol. I've paid $35 a month since I bought the home 2 yrs ago. It has never fluctuated. I'm beginning to think my meter might be malfunctioning. That includes sewer and refuse.
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mine is done quarterly so we shall see lol
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I have a well. Probably goes up like $50 on heaviest months.chrismar said:
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Mine is roughly $175-$200 during the growing season, watering heavy twice a week. It wouldn't be more than $75 or so but the sewer formula uses total gallons so I'm paying sewer prices on irrigation water.
Luckily up till now we've had a decent amount of rain in Harvest. We have a flat rate for sewage. I'm expecting $100-$150 for the month of July but I'm not always the best at watering. That price is likely to go up when I get an irrigation system next year.
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+1chrismar said:
My irrigation is off my well, but the rest of my house is city water.
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I just amortize the water bill throughout the year. During winter and fall when the bill is basically nothing, I'll pay $80/m so when summer rolls around, I have a fairly large credit balance
Last year I watered two zones on Mon-Wed-Fri (front), and the other two Tue-Thurs (back) and my bill ran from $110.00- $130.00 per month. This year I installed the Rachio and I am right at $85 - $95 per month with the Rachio watering based on weather conditions.
My water bill is usually around $125-150 during the growing season but drops of by about $50-75 during the offseason. My water is billed with sewer and they charge you for how much water you use whether it's irrigation or not, so shortly after I moved in I got an "irrigation meter" which doesn't charge the sewer fee so it paid for itself in a year or two in my estimate.
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