Water in Berthoud & Loveland (Fort Collins: apartment, houses, landscaping)

[Postal77]

I read somewhere the water bills in Berthoud are over $200 per month?

What about Loveland?

Is this true?

[EastwardBound]

I cannot speak of Berthoud, but I live in Loveland and our bill has never been anything close to that. This past month, it was $26-for three people in the house. The most it is is about $53 in the summer, and that includes me watering my garden often.

[jwiley]

Loveland and Berthoud are different water companies, and yes Berthoud is outrageously high. For a family of 4 with a small lawn we were paying $150-175 a month.

[Thoreau424]

Water in Fort Collins is usually in the $100s, and often into the $200s in the summer. The only cases I've seen of people with bills below $100 are with folks who don't take showers very often and have no lawn, and/or live in those duplex/apartment setups that are mushrooming around the area and are all the rage now. You pay $400,000 to live in what is essentially a bland apartment. They even refer to those as "houses". It's hilarious.

[xeric]

My wife and I live in a house in Fort Collins with a 6000 square foot lot and our highest water bill last year was $30.00 in one month (and we do take daily showers). But our entire yard is xeriscaped and we never use enough to exceed the rate for the lowest tier of water pricing. I can believe that $100 to $200 per month bills are common in the summer based on the amount of water it takes to keep a lawn green. In my opinion, however, the top tier rates are not high enough to drive a substantial change in behavior regarding the use of irrigated turf for landscaping.

[jwiley]

Originally Posted by xeric

My wife and I live in a house in Fort Collins with a 6000 square foot lot and our highest water bill last year was $30.00 in one month (and we do take daily showers). But our entire yard is xeriscaped and we never use enough to exceed the rate for the lowest tier of water pricing. I can believe that $100 to $200 per month bills are common in the summer based on the amount of water it takes to keep a lawn green. In my opinion, however, the top tier rates are not high enough to drive a substantial change in behavior regarding the use of irrigated turf for landscaping.

Just the base prices in Berthoud run at $41.09 and $10.12 per 1000 gallons used for the 1st 24,000 gallons used. So it is not lawn choice type, Berthoud has some of the highest water rates I have ever heard of and they are wanting to raise them again due to the issues they are having with poor quality.

[Thoreau424]

They seem to want to promote extreme avoidance of water usage. Turn it into a low priority for residents. Just grin and bear it, toughen up.