There is a long, thin, rubber-y line wrapped around/connected to the water line pictured below.
Other angle:
The piece in question is loosely hanging via a zip tie on my main water line about shoulder height and can be moved up/down easily.
There is a long, thin, rubber-y line wrapped around/connected to the water line pictured below.
Other angle:
The piece in question is loosely hanging via a zip tie on my main water line about shoulder height and can be moved up/down easily.
So you pay the actual use for each month?
Yes, the city bundles water, sewer, and garbage pickup, recycling and bills monthly.
It’s not the true actual usage. The water usage is recorded directly by the meter and should be accurate but sewage usage is not metered at all. They just assume that all the water you use will end up down the drain or down a toilet in your house so they bill you for the exact same volume of both sewage and water. This can get very far out of whack if you’re using a lot of water outdoors (filling up a swimming pool, watering your garden, washing your car, pressure washing for outdoor cleanup, etc).
For the pool you can generally inform the water/sewer department(s) of that and request an exemption. They’ll usually use your average water consumption as your sewer bill for that month.
For ongoing usage that doesn’t enter the sewer, such as irrigation, you can often request a second meter be installed, for which sewage isn’t billed.
Oh that’s really interesting! Thanks for the info!
My municipality charges a flat rate for sewer and use rate for water.
Yes and I used to have a well at one house I lived in, and they didn’t charge me for water or sewer because of what you say here, they didn’t have a way to measure it since I wasn’t buying water.