No more free water

A few days ago I got my first water/sewer bill from the county. Out in the estates where I used to live everybody had a septic system and well so this was something new to me. I wasn’t sure what I would be paying but I certainly did not expect the total I saw, $340. That seemed way too high, even without a point of reference. I mean I live by myself, this can’t be right.

So I called up the county yesterday and asked them if they were able to look at my bill as well as look at prior water usage by the household. They said one of the reasons my bill was that high was I was paying a prorated amount for the prior month when the house was sold. Still that only accounted for maybe $70-80 of the charges.

The woman was helpful. She suggested I do a test where I record the number on the water meter out front and then not use any water for 4 hours and see if the numbers on the meter have changed. If they have it means that something odd is going on. My understanding was that the irrigation for the house is done via an apparent well I see towards the sidewalk however, if that is NOT the case it would explain the high usage which was measured in the vicinity of 20,000 gallons. I have some homework to do.

Last night I put together a couple more pieces of furniture for Christine. My reward was another home made dinner. She is a really good cook.