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We have relatively cheap water here, I suppose because we live right on the Missouri River which is a fairly large stream fed by Montana Rockies snow-melt. Below, the water is a minor percentage of monthly billing.
. Our bill date for April 4/9/2008 was:
Water $14.75 (reg@ $2.46 per unit=100 cubic feet)
Water $00.00 (summer@ $1.90 per unit)
sewage $14.62
Garbage $9.55
Street light/signal mtc $$3.95
storm sewer mtc $2.75
serv line repair $1.00
Total $46.62 for month
. August 8/8/2007 (very dry - sprinkler system running)
Water $12.30 (reg@ $2.46 per unit=100 cubic feet)
Water $47.50 (summer@ $1.90 per unit)
Sewage$12.75
Garbage $9.55
Street light/signal mtc $$3.95
storm sewer mtc $2.75
serv line repair $00.00
Total $88.80
Electricity is medium-cost here, with ample hydro-power and coal plants. It's hard to pin it down because of floating cost adjustments.
It is not terribly unusual for someone to have a home-made shallow well here, especially in older parts of the city. I haven't sunk a sandpoint yet but I believe non-potable plant water is about 40 feet down. When I was a kid we lived near a smaller river and non-potable plant water was about 13 feet down, but soft potable at around 200 feet.
It is getting so wells are to be by permit only but I think one could still sneak in a sandpoint. But in order to save "buckets" of electricity, the squeaky windmill would be a dead give-away.
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