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Sean® · 05-13-2011, 05:05 AM

I need the rain myself for my seeding.

Water is ungawdly expensive here.

proulxfamily · 05-13-2011, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean®

I need the rain myself for my seeding.

Water is ungawdly expensive here.

Yeah- that $42 every 3 months really kills the household budget.

Sean® · 05-13-2011, 05:14 AM

WOW!!

In Oneida living alone mine runs 80 bucks every three. When the family was here figger 200+.

When I would water seeding 300-400 bills were the norm.

Thats all quarterly.

To get that 80 dollar number I have to watch every drop.

proulxfamily · 05-13-2011, 05:27 AM

That's crazy. That $42 is for a family of 5 and many visitors. Our water is through OCWA.

Sean® · 05-13-2011, 05:30 AM

Oneida has its own system.

Its good water and all the volume you could want.

Its just SUPER expensive. Prolly has something to do with that damm casino but I am not saying that as a fact.

City of Oneida Water Department

proulxfamily · 05-13-2011, 05:41 AM

It looks like Oneida charges its customers for sewage... whereas OCWA includes it. Sewage is a given - lol - since water going in has to come out as well. haha- that's some kind of way to double charge, isn't it? Sewage is almost as much as, or MORE, than the water. Yikes.

Sean® · 05-13-2011, 05:43 AM

And we have no sewage meter.

So sewage is based on the water meter.

So wash your car or water your lawn and guess what??

proulxfamily · 05-13-2011, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean®

And we have no sewage meter.

So sewage is based on the water meter.

So wash your car or water your lawn and guess what??

Ouch.

I have never watered grass. It's grass. The next rain will spruce it up, if there's been a drought. (That doesn't happen often anyway... one of the perks of living in CNY.) I don't care to waste water on what amounts to, for me, lawn-vanity. lol - then again, I tend to wash the car in the pouring rain because I hate lugging the hose out. In this old house, the pipe is INSIDE the garage... because of a thousand additions over the years. haha - and it leaks so we have to put a bucket under it or it would flood the house.

I need to fix that.

But that requires pipe-cutting and welding skills, which Daddy has to teach me how to do... he's a busy guy so for now, the bucket works. haha

ToeJam · 05-13-2011, 06:35 AM

Sean, you can usually print out a day pass to BJs on their website. You don't have to be a member. Chenantrys (SP?) usually has some good meat deals too. I don't know if they are in Utica, but they are in New Hartford. It's too bad you don't have a Maine's out there. They have better deals than Sams and BJs. I gave up my Sams card because the ones out here are not full service. The closest full service (in-house bakery and meat department) is in Binghampton.

Becca8377 · 05-13-2011, 07:04 AM

When I lived in Westminster Place, they had subcontracted a water metering company to charge everyone water/sewer. My bill was $20-$30 per month (yes we got it monthly), so that would equate somewhere to what Sean was paying for his 3-month bill. Fortunately, at my current flat, I don't have to worry about that bill.