# How much is your water bill?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-your-water-bill/514280>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 19, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-your-water-bill/514280 "2009-10-19T03:18:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-your-water-bill/514280/41 "2009-10-19T19:19:44Z")

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I pay about fifty bucks a month for water, garbage pick up and that damn streetlight. I have a septic tank, so no sewer. Our water system is county owned now but it used to be a private water system. There were several of those throughout the county that were consolidated into one county owned operation. I’m glad that happened because the county built a water tower that greatly increased the water pressure out where I live. The streetlight is a source of grrrr for me because I did not want it. However, the majority of people on my road did, so we all pay three dollars a month for streetlights. This one happens to be at the edge of my property. I wanted the county to put it on the next door neighbor’s property who wanted the damn thing. Now I have a running feud with the county. Everytime the damn thing goes out, I call and bitch about it on a daily basis until it’s fixed. I think they hate me. 😃

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**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-your-water-bill/514280/42 "2009-10-19T20:16:56Z")

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My neighborhood has a private water company, one well serves everyone. My bill is about $17. a month for 4 of us, one is an infant. Trash pick up is about $22. a month and I’m on septic, so no sewage bill.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-your-water-bill/514280/43 "2009-10-19T21:09:20Z")

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$0. It’s included in the lot rent (we live in a mobile home park).

I’m to understand that the average water bill for a residential customer in Springfield is in the neighborhood of $25 per month.

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**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-your-water-bill/514280/44 "2009-10-19T21:33:01Z")

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I have a private well so $0 for water, but the pump went out about ten years ago and the well had been put in too close to the septic so I had to drill a whole new well to the tune of $1500 or so. It costs about $75 every three years to pump the septic. I don’t care to pay a private company to pick up my garbage (I guess that’s $60 a month here) so I haul my trash and recycling to a dump site provided by the township and paid for by my property taxes.

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