Bud H wrote:
I moved into a new house in northern Indiana and a recent water/sewer
bill was over $100 for only two persons living in the house and not
using excessive amounts of water.

After a check with my neighbors, it appears the city charges WAY more
per cubic foot of water if you have a 1-inch diameter supply pipe
coming into your house (and is where the city metering device is
installed) than if a 5/8-inch diameter pipe is supplying the water.

So if two houses both use the same volume of water in a month, if one
has a 1-inch supply pipe it is billed almost twice as much as a house
with a 5/8-inch supply pipe.

Is it just me, or does seem completely ridiculous to be billed so
differently for the same volume of water?

Bud H

Offer that you will pay his ENTIRE water bill, if your neighbor will let you
tap into his supply line. Or offer to give him $50/month. Then have your
water service disconnected.

You both come out ahead; only the avaricious city loses.