The major costs involved in water coming into the house thru the water-meter is "waste disposal" or "waste treatment" fees. Sometimes the charges are many times the cost of the actual water. In other words, you pay more for treating the water running down the drain than you do for the actual water coming into the house. A person with an outhouse or a septic can't be charged disposal/treatment fees because the water running through the meter isn't being treated/disposed-of by the utility company.
What would outhouses and septic tanks have to do with it?
ronarprfct 3 years ago
The major costs involved in water coming into the house thru the water-meter is "waste disposal" or "waste treatment" fees. Sometimes the charges are many times the cost of the actual water. In other words, you pay more for treating the water running down the drain than you do for the actual water coming into the house. A person with an outhouse or a septic can't be charged disposal/treatment fees because the water running through the meter isn't being treated/disposed-of by the utility company.
rhetoricalmonkey 3 years ago
Gotcha. Thanks.
ronarprfct 3 years ago