DUmmies see Detroit as the gold standard for America

[Chris_]

I got a new computer with a different keyboard.  That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

[Ptarmigan]

Detroit is a gold standard of Epic Failure.

[98ZJUSMC]

Feel betrayed by your masters yet, DUmmies?

Never.  There is always someone rich to blame.

[Gina]

Hey - where do you people live? I'm moving. My last water bill was just under $200.00 and I was HAPPY. I don't use my sprinklers and we're a family of 4. I've had a plumber out and checked the needle on the meter - can't find a leak anywhere.

There is no way your water should be that much.  I constantly am doing laundry, husband takes long ass showers, dishwasher is always running and yard is always being watered all day and night (I always forget to turn the water off before bed).  It's never been near what you have!  I have attached a list of my water charges for the past year or so for water. 

[lastparker]

Yikes. I wish I knew what to do - had a plumber crawl all under the house, and I've watched the needle stay still for hours until I run in and flush a toilet. Unless there's something leaking only when it runs.... My thought is that the meter itself is bad, but of course the City does nothing.

[thundley4]

Yikes. I wish I knew what to do - had a plumber crawl all under the house, and I've watched the needle stay still for hours until I run in and flush a toilet. Unless there's something leaking only when it runs.... My thought is that the meter itself is bad, but of course the City does nothing.

How many gallons per month are they saying you use? You could try keeping a daily log of the meter readings to see if it jumps atdifferent times.

[lastparker]

Yikes - I feel like I'm threadjacking. But I need the advice so......

My most recent bill, and the lowest I've received in a while, came to $176.74.

The usage period is:  4/18/14-6/9/14   so, not quite 2 months.
Usage:  10,472 gallons

[Chris_]

Mine ended up being a leaking flapper on a toilet and a leaky valve going to a hose spigot outside.  It was running constantly, but at least you could hear it.

[thundley4]

Yikes - I feel like I'm threadjacking. But I need the advice so......

My most recent bill, and the lowest I've received in a while, came to $176.74.

The usage period is:  4/18/14-6/9/14   so, not quite 2 months.
Usage:  10,472 gallons

The average American family of four uses 400 gallons of water per day. On average, approximately 70 percent of that water is used indoors, with the bathroom being the largest consumer (a toilet alone can use 27 percent!).

http://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/pubs/indoor.html

You're well below that. Is your bill in gallons or cubic feet? There are 7.48 gallons in 1 cubic foot and our bill is for cubic feet.   

[lastparker]

http://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/pubs/indoor.html

You're well below that. Is your bill in gallons or cubic feet? There are 7.48 gallons in 1 cubic foot and our bill is for cubic feet.

They show hundreds of cubic feet and gallons:  14 CCF and 10,472 gallons

Water: $73.86
Sewer: $52.14
Wastewater treatment: $49.70
Late fee: $1.04  (yeah, they've been so huge I pay them piecemeal)

[thundley4]

They show hundreds of cubic feet and gallons:  14 CCF and 10,472 gallons

Water: $73.86
Sewer: $52.14
Wastewater treatment: $49.70
Late fee: $1.04  (yeah, they've been so huge I pay them piecemeal)

I would talk to some neighbors or other people in the area to see what their bills are, because that sure seems like they are charging way too much.

[lastparker]

I would talk to some neighbors or other people in the area to see what their bills are, because that sure seems like they are charging way too much.

Thanks!

[I_B_Perky]

They show hundreds of cubic feet and gallons:  14 CCF and 10,472 gallons

Water: $73.86
Sewer: $52.14
Wastewater treatment: $49.70
Late fee: $1.04  (yeah, they've been so huge I pay them piecemeal)

10,000 gallons for a family of four would sound about right if you got two teenagers, wash a lot of clothes and have an old toilet.

From this website:

Leak Detection:
 A good method to check for leaks is to examine your winter water usage. It's likely that a family of four has a serious leak problem if its winter water use exceeds 12,000 gallons per month.

http://www.epa.gov/WaterSense/pubs/fixleak.html

[obumazombie]

Well, we have just about established that indoor plumbing water (free) is a basic human right.
Next frontier, air conditioning.
It's a basic human right. And I don't mean in the wintertime.

[Big Dog]

The average American family of four uses 400 gallons of water per day. On average, approximately 70 percent of that water is used indoors, with the bathroom being the largest consumer (a toilet alone can use 27 percent!).

Whereas the average DUmmy family of four uses eight gallons of water a day.

How do they do it?

1. Use their neighbor's yards as toilets, and poop on police cars.
2. Never wash clothes
3. Never wash dishes
4. Never wash themselves

Filthy, stinking DUmmies.

[obumazombie]

^Post of the day.

[Mike B the Cajun]

Around here, sewer charges are linked to water usage.

However, exceptions are made for such things as filling swimming pools and undetected leaks in underground water lines. The water district gives credit on a case-by-case basis.