The marginal price of water in San Jose is around 0.3 cents/gallon. However, the "connection charge" and various taxes and fees end up doubling the "as delivered" cost.
However, the connection charge is just highway robbery if you are really paying that per gallon. They might also be adding the sewer system charges based on your water usage.
PS: The average American uses ~90 gallon /day * 0.3 = 27cents per day * 365 = 100$ / year which is hardly breaking the bank.
> However, the connection charge is just highway robbery if you are really paying that per gallon.
San Jose city govt uses services to pay off various folk.
> They might also be adding the sewer system charges based on your water usage.
I just looked - the sewage charge is on the property tax bill.
The "water source" report that they send every year mentions ground and well water. It does not mention desalinization.
Energy density of 1 kilogram of hydrogen = ~1 US gallon of gas. A gallon of water has ~2/(2+16) * 3.8kg =0.4 kg.
So ~2.4 gallons of water + (ton of energy) ~= 1 gallon of gas.
PS: Bulk fresh water still tends to run at thousandths of a cent per gallon in most areas. But, 14 kilowatt hours desalinates 1000 gallons of seawater so 14 watts per gallon which is a tiny fraction of the energy needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.