Summer water bills. What is yours? (Phoenix, Chandler: apartment, HOA, how much)

[DougStark]

It's peak outdoor watering this time of year. I'm anticipating a whopper water bill. For me that's around $200 for one month (but it includes sewer and garbage, City of Phx.) I have grass front and back, shade trees, no flood irrigation, and I never purposely "waste" water. Well, some would argue that growing grass is deliberately wasteful, but I disagree with that. My water bill during the winter goes low (I never put in a winter lawn.)

How does my highest-year monthly water bill compare to yours? Just curious.

[JGMotorsport64]

$150 at the most, City of Phoenix including trash and sewer.Grass in front and back lots of trees and privacy hedges. No flood irrigation.

[yukon]

$91 at a stupid apartment. Includes water, sewer, trash, property taxes and a "processing fee". I can only imagine how much it is for units with more than one tenant.

[Storm27m]

This is for a family of four, lawn in the back yard, drip irrigation in front, and an above ground pool. We've paid as much as $180/mo in the summer with Epcor. Nothing included in the bill but water and associated fees...our trash and sewer are billed separately (trash in the HOA and $28 for sewer). The bill is never lower than $60 in the winter.

The pool isn't much of a water user. The grass is the big user if we keep it green-ish


I've heard that your meter size can have a large effect on your bill. The base charge for a 1" meter (with Epcor) is much higher than the base charge for a 3/4" meter. I have the smaller meter and haven't looked into it.

[AZ Manager]

$116, 3 adults and 1 toddler. No grass, no backyard plants on a drip, and no pool. Doesn't include trash, that is $59 quarterly. Epcor sucks.

[wit-nit]

$35.00 tops, water & sewer. Low maintenance yard with 3 mature trees, and 8 shrubs.

[Burning Madolf]

How many gallons used would be more useful. No?

[PhoenixSomeday]

It was a flat $67 and some change until a few months ago. Now it's a consistent and flat $70 and some change. Year-round. I wonder if the landlord or some previous tenant put it on one of those yearly average plans? Because we sure didn't. It's nice to have a known and predictable figure each month though.

[KurtAZ]

Wow...I don't think we've ever paid over $90 (water, trash, sewage) in Chandler except when we had to drain/fill the pool. 1/3 of an acre, backyard is mostly grass, citrus trees and bushes. Even when filling the pool the bill only went up ~$40.

[Colt AZ]

Originally Posted by Burning Madolf

How many gallons used would be more useful. No?

Cities usually measure water consumption in CCFs or hundred cubic feet. One CCF is equivalent to 748 gallons. That should be on the water bill.