Sewer charges on Water Bill?!?!?!?!?! (Apex: how much, townhouse, taxes) - Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary - North Carolina (NC) -The Triangle Area - City-Data Forum

tinediddy · 09-05-2010, 04:17 PM

Hi. I just moved to Apex, NC and I have a question about my water bill.

I basically want to know if a $60 water bill a month is a fair amount for a family of 4 living in a townhouse. 3 bathrooms in the home.

The water fee is $23.33
The sewer fee is $33.12

Please help if you can.

Thanks!!

*Sixy* · 09-05-2010, 04:52 PM

Sounds pretty reasonable to me.

Our water is about $36 a month with sewer being $36 a month and we are a family of 6.

We have 2 1/2 baths.

North_Raleigh_Guy · 09-05-2010, 05:02 PM

Yup, that water bill sounds about right to me.

saturnfan · 09-05-2010, 05:08 PM

Yup, comes out the pipe and goes into the sewer.

You pay twice.

Grab your ankles!

NC to Austin · 09-05-2010, 05:13 PM

We never had one that low in all our years here and we are a family of two. I am a twice a dayer.

lamishra · 09-05-2010, 05:13 PM

Sounds right to me too ( a little low) for a townhouse.

TXsurburbanmom · 09-05-2010, 07:26 PM

Wish mine was that low. Our 2nd (and lower bill) since we moved here was $90. Same amount of people, same amount of bathrooms and although we have a yard we haven't watered it yet. I checked to find out if we were being overexcessive but online the average for a family our size was over 1000 gallons more per month then we used. I think waters just high in this area.

Carmela C · 09-05-2010, 07:35 PM

Water bills in this area are MUCH higher then anything I have every experienced back up on Long Island. In fact, about 3 months of water bills here, would be about what it would cost for a whole year back on LI.

giffman · 09-05-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Carmela C

Water bills in this area are MUCH higher then anything I have every experienced back up on Long Island. In fact, about 3 months of water bills here, would be about what it would cost for a whole year back on LI.

And how much were your taxes in Long Island? Think about it.....

North_Raleigh_Guy · 09-05-2010, 08:17 PM

I find it difficult to understand why people would complain about a water bill of $60 for 4 people as high.

Think about it:

$60 a month for safe drinking water treated & delivered to your home for consumption & bathing. Then to treat the wastewater you generate.

That's $60 for 4 people for a month = 50 cents a day per person for these services.