Trash, water, and sewer (Raleigh, Wake Forest: how much, house, taxes)

[beckycat]

How much do these things usually cost?

[jfre81]

Depends largely on where you are.

Trash pickup in *the sticks* can be expensive...

[beckycat]

N. Raleigh, Wake Forest, Clayton?

[jfre81]

If you are in an incorporated city/town they may provide those services than if you would have to do it independently. Don't know about each place's prices.

I do know that we were paying Republic Waste something like $50/mo to pick up the trash once a week.

[leighbhe]

Originally Posted by beckycat

N. Raleigh, Wake Forest, Clayton?

Wake forest (in the county), I think we pay about 65 a quarter, that includes recycling

Clayton, last I checked (last month) if you are in the county and you want recycling, it is about 70 a quarter.

hope this helps

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by leighbhe

Wake forest (in the county), I think we pay about 65 a quarter, that includes recycling

Clayton, last I checked (last month) if you are in the county and you want recycling, it is about 70 a quarter.

hope this helps

This is for your water, sewer, trash and everything, all in one right?

[jamieshel88]

I pay $13 per month for trash including recycling every other week inside Clayton city limits. Water and sewer depend on how much you use. My bills run about 50-60 per month for water and sewer (not including outside water use). That is for a family of four- one of whom is a teen who takes at least 2 showers per day.

[NYC2RDU]

I'm in North Raleigh (north of I-540).

I pay $70 quarterly for weekly pickup including regular garbage and mixed-use recycling. That also includes the containers.

I have no water bill - I have a private well.

I have no sewer bill - I have a septic system.

So, about $22 per month for everything.

[leighbhe]

Originally Posted by jfre81

This is for your water, sewer, trash and everything, all in one right?

This is just for trash and recycling.


Water (we have a community well) which depends on how much water you use, runs from 30 a month to 75

sewer: we have a septic so we don't pay anything

Leigh

[rfb]

In North Raleigh, I pay $68 per quarter for trash pickup, which runs about $22 a month. This includes weekly trash pickup and weekly recycling. I'm on community well, run by Aqua. Water runs around $40 a month without using my sprinkler system, about double if I also water the yard. I'm currently on septic so I don't pay for sewer. My previous house also had a community sewer system, and that ran about the same per month as water (i.e., it was about $40 a month).

So, the costs would be:
- $22 trash
- $40 water (if not on well)
- $40 sewer (if not on septic)

City taxes usually cover the trash pickup and subsidize water and sewer. Since I'm outside the city, I don't have any city taxes but have to pay for these types of services out-of-pocket. Its been a while, but the last time I figured out the cost difference, I found paying for services came in anywhere between 1/4 and 1/2 of city taxes.