Sewer company screwing us over? (1 Viewer)

[pizzatyme]

Our monthly water bill is $40, yet the sewer bill is $82. WTF?

Anyone else seeing a disparity like this with their utilities?

 

[DaVinci]

Do you flush more than water down the toilet?

 

[Baloney Sandwich]

Seems like a crappy move by them

 

[Osaurus]

Has it really hit the fan there?

 

[Otis]

Totally screwing you.

 

[avoiding injuries]

How new is your house and what does the sewer bill cover? Some newer neighborhoods have bills for the actual construction of the sewer system.

 

[GroveDiesel]

On one end they are sending you nice clean water. On the other end they are taking the water you take a dump in and turning it back into water that you can drink. Which do you think costs more money?

 

[pizzatyme]

It is a newer community but c'mon!

 

[Treynwreck3]

Our sewer bill is directly tied to how much water we use. Kinda sucks if you have a pool and/or an irrigation system. The only remedy is to get a separate meter and run your pool and sprinklers through that one. That costs $275 for the second meter, plus the cost of plumbing the damn thing. They get you one way or the other. Wish I had a well.

 

[mr roboto]

Our sewer bill is directly tied to how much water we use. Kinda sucks if you have a pool and/or an irrigation system. The only remedy is to get a separate meter and run your pool and sprinklers through that one. That costs $275 for the second meter, plus the cost of plumbing the damn thing. They get you one way or the other. Wish I had a well.

No you don't. Replacing a well pump costs a lot more that the water bill. And if your ground water is high in iron (mine is) it ####### sucks.

 

[SWC]

hey brohan do not let the sewer man tell you what to do disconnect from that sucker and build a settling pond in your backyard some schmuck at the sewer company will look at your bill and see that it is zero and will probably have a heart attack which will mean you totally won i would do it if i could but milwaukee has laws about having an open sewage pit in your backyard so please for the rest of us guys geting it stuck to them by the man take a lot fo pictures and try to be there when the guy at the plant realizes he is not getting a nickle out of you again and tell us how it went take that to teh bank brohans

 

[Godsbrother]

Just imagine how much you would save if you took your dumps at work.

 

[Osaurus]

hey brohan do not let the sewer man tell you what to do disconnect from that sucker and build a settling pond in your backyard some schmuck at the sewer company will look at your bill and see that it is zero and will probably have a heart attack which will mean you totally won i would do it if i could but milwaukee has laws about having an open sewage pit in your backyard so please for the rest of us guys geting it stuck to them by the man take a lot fo pictures and try to be there when the guy at the plant realizes he is not getting a nickle out of you again and tell us how it went take that to teh bank brohans

There are some areas of Milwaukee that can be argued as being open sewage pits IMO

 

[NutterButter]

You pay $82/month for sewar. That is steep. I think I'm paying 75/quarter and we don't pay based on consumption. Its a fixed amount. Only businesses in my town pay based on use.

I once looked at a house that had well water. The setup that they had, it looked like they were cooking crystal down in their basement. I was like, hell no to that.