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mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6251
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 10:42 am: | 
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Last month. It's usually about $35 - $40. Anyone else have one this high? |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6252
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 10:43 am: |
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Sorry - I meant water bill! |
ken (the other one)
Citizen
Username: Ken
Post Number: 404
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 10:53 am: |
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Mine was high too..but I have been watering the lawn though... |
george H
Citizen
Username: Georgieboy
Post Number: 212
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 12:49 pm: |
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No leaky toilets or dripping faucets? If not,and your not doing an inordinate amt. of watering,I would definitly investigate further. |
John Caffrey
Citizen
Username: Jerseyjack
Post Number: 278
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 1:20 pm: |
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Meters have also been known to go south. |
HOMMELL
Citizen
Username: Hommell
Post Number: 215
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 3:02 pm: |
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Did you water your lawn? |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 5248
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 4:04 pm: |
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That's it? Ours is usually twice that. If your bill seems unusually high check to see if there are any leaks anywhere. Maybe a hose leaks? Did you have guests staying with you? Maybe there is something wrong with your meter? |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5637
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 4:48 pm: |
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mem, my warer bill was high. Don't know about my water bill though... |
Monster©
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 3450
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 4:50 pm: |
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mine was high too, but I forgot to pay last months. |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5639
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 5:08 pm: |
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okay, just thought you said mem was high.... |
Monster©
Supporter
Username: Monster
Post Number: 3453
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 5:13 pm: |
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she may very well be....
as may you? |
Bajou
Citizen
Username: Bajou
Post Number: 440
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 5:21 pm: |
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Who is high?? Is mem drinking from the hose again?? I told her she is gonna get addicted....
No really its those hangovers MEM. Its when you have to drink 20 glasses of water in the morning to wash out the booze. That's why my bill is always around $ 80.00 |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 5640
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 5:25 pm: |
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now monster why would you say such a thing?  |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 7555
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, June 3, 2006 - 9:07 pm: |
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Is this an estimated bill or based on an actual reading? Have the bills for the past month(s) been estimated? If so, that can result in a sudden spike in the bill. |
Alleygater
Citizen
Username: Alleygater
Post Number: 2186
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Monday, June 5, 2006 - 12:08 pm: |
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My house has TONS of leaky faucets and my bill is not usually $80. If we water the lawn and garden a lot that is the only way we can get that high. Almost as high as mem. |
mem
Citizen
Username: Mem
Post Number: 6259
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 5, 2006 - 3:24 pm: |
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Joan,
It appears to be an actual bill. I had the outside meter read, they are coming inside on Friday. |
mtierney
Citizen
Username: Mtierney
Post Number: 940
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Monday, June 5, 2006 - 5:10 pm: |
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Do you remember when water bills came quarterly? I recall those days fondly since the bills ranged back then to around $45/50.
I do not get shocked any longer to see an $80 bill. This past winter, however, I received a bill well over $100 and was told that due to icy conditions, my water had been estimated over a period of time and an actual reading finally caught up to the usage.
No matter how little water we appear to use, the cost goes up. Summertime is rough, of course, keeping all those plants alive.
My present water company ire is over the fact that, although I have been paying for the water line insurance, when we finally gave up on the poor pressure/volume situation at our house and called the NJAW folks, we were told that it was our expense to replace the line!! The insurance only covers it if the pipe has holes in it! The condition of our pipe was 80 years of coronary artery blockage - normal wear and tear!
I won't even tell you what our dealings with the water company have been like these past two weeks. It's too depressing. The new line is still not connected.  |
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