Millions of Americans Can't Afford Water

Re:Millions of Americans Can't Afford Water by nightski on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:19AM (#23612878)

You are taking an extreme example, where they do not even mention his usage, and then extrapolating that to the entire U.S. It's entirely possible he has a leak and is spewing thousands of gallons of water into the ground or some weird thing.

We use ~3k gallons per month for normal use. In the summer months this goes up a fair bit because we water our lawn. But our overall bill is like $20/mo-$30/mo for water.

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Re:Millions of Americans Can't Afford Water by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:24AM (#23612923)

Wow that's a lot. We use a few hundred per month, and that's mostly laundry.

Our bill is $0 because we have a well. Ok, it cost $5000 (for well and septic) 30 years ago, so divide that out and its been $13/mo

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Re:Millions of Americans Can't Afford Water by TrowthePlow on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:04AM (#23614043)

I suspect you would be surprised how much water you use - for a family of 3, we use about 2000 per month and don't water the lawn or anything exciting - just showers, laundry, dishes, drinking, whatnot.

Also, it's some amount of money a month on electricity for the pump - even if it's $10/month you are still WAY lower than most folks' bills, but still it's a cost that those on town/city water don't have to pay since it's gravity-forced into their house.

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Re:Millions of Americans Can't Afford Water by JoeAltmaier on Thursday June 25, 2020 @02:37PM (#23643970)

Which makes me wonder - why doesn't everyone put in a well? The city is supposed to be able to do better, but apparently that doesn't mean 'cheaper'. So what does it mean?

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