Recent changes in water use
Small changes in your water usage habits will have a significant impact on your utility bills. The two main reasons you might change your water usage habits include seasonal changes or the addition of new family members in your home.
The best solution to counteract or prevent a sharp increase in water consumption is to plan ahead. Either way, you may need to budget for more water consumption in certain months or as long as additional people are in your household.
New water-consuming equipment
Adding new water-consuming equipment to your home will also result in a substantial increase in water bills. New pools, sprinkler systems, washing machines, freezers, and other equipment may cause your water bill to rise.
In order to minimize the impact of new equipment on water bills, try to choose equipment marked with high efficiency. If you add a swimming pool to your property, make sure to cover it when not in use. This will minimize water loss due to evaporation, so you don’t have to use too much water to refill it.
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5 thoughts on “8 Reasons Why Your Water Bill Is So High”
If people would just flush the toilet every 3 to 5 times after urinating, it would save a lot of water, instead of flushing every time.
Water is a natural resource that belongs to the American people! Pumping and delivering water to the citizenry is done by private entities – they are entitled to receive monies for this service, however, THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO CHARGE US FOR OUR OWN WATER which belongs to us, the American people! This is another corruption and theft foisted on the American people and needs to STOP!
People who live alone do not need to flush after each bathroom use. In the last years I have paid for actual water use one month per year, except for the customer charge which is unavoidable because of government ripoffs.
If you do not like this country go and live in some other country that is better.
You pay more for bottle water than from your tap. If you do not like how things are done, just drill a well in your back yard and get YOUR water for free or dig a big hole in your yard, sink a tank, get water trucked in and drink and flush all you want.