Another possibility is that the decrease in winter usage is because the homeowners are vacationing in FL (or AZ). Why should they be subsidized?
I don’t know. I didn’t make the rules, I just pay the bills. I
Poking around online, I found one reference, in Ohio, that states that if you have no water usage for February OR March OR April (don’t know why they use those three months), you don’t qualify for “winter averaging” and, presumably, they just bill you for your actual usage. I’m assuming Milwaukee has some sort of minimum as well.
From Milwaukee:
The residential charge is based on the volume of water used by a property during the first quarter of the calendar year. This is called “winter usage.” If, in any of the three quarters remaining in the year, a property’s water use is less than the
winter usage amount, Milwaukee Water Works will calculate the charge for that quarter based on the actual water usage, or 21 Ccf.
From Ohio:
An account with a zero read in any of the 3 months will not be eligible for winter average.
Time to get that neighbor to come in and water your plants occasionally.
Yes, this.
Reminds me of the slogan on a local trash hauler’s trucks:
“Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your garbage back!”
Reminds me of the slogan on a local trash hauler’s trucks:
“Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your garbage back!”
Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your quote back!