Louisville resident here.
Three thousand gallons is used as the minimum billing amount.
So even if water is not being used, but is an active account, 3,000
will be billed.
We use it, as a 2-person household. We do the regular stuff, with
daily showers, dishes, laundry for two, etc. We don't use the minimum
in a two month period.
So....
That water is $17.
The sewer charge is $23.
The drainage fee, charged by the sewer company
and tacked onto the water bill is $3/month, or $6 for
the billing period.
So the cost of getting water, and using or not using 3,000 gallons
of water, after taxes have been tacked on, is $52. That's easy
enough to see that a thousand gallons of water is about $17.
BTW, it's in an area of combined sewers, and the EPA is calling for
that to be corrected. So no surprise that the bills are climbing.

David Starr wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:03:29 -0500, Terry wrote:

My bill was 11$. It said my usage was 2 units. I know that is not
gallons.

My usage was 6 units.
Water $20.64
Water service charge $9.97
Sewage fee $9.36
Sewage service charge $12.10
Total $52.07

Sewage fees are for the use of the sewer system

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