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Please help. Have 2 water meters installed for my well for 2 homes in rural area.?

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Can anybody tell me how we can convert the numbers on the water meter to amount of dollars to pay? We each live on an acre of land, which uses a lot of water. My brother shared the well with us, but has moved. Since he moved, we bought and installed 2 water meters. Now, we need to know how much the new owners should pay. We live outside of Bakersfield
Thanks for all the answers. It is actually my parents place. How would they convert the kilowatts(or whatever), to the dollar amount? I really appreciate your patience with my ignorance on the subject.

I work for a water department in Texas and we have a base rate of $20 for 0 to 2000 gallons of water used.
Then from 2001- 10000 gallons it’s $2.00 per 1000 gallons.

So say they used 8,000 gallons of water….
$20 for 2000
$12 for 6000
equals $32 for 8000 gallons of water used.

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4 Responses to “Please help. Have 2 water meters installed for my well for 2 homes in rural area.?”

  1. I work for a water department in Texas and we have a base rate of $20 for 0 to 2000 gallons of water used.
    Then from 2001- 10000 gallons it’s $2.00 per 1000 gallons.

    So say they used 8,000 gallons of water….
    $20 for 2000
    $12 for 6000
    equals $32 for 8000 gallons of water used.
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  2. Well water should be free but the electric to run the pump is what costs the money
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  3. Tripping Billies on January 18th, 2010 at 12:50 am

    I believe you should charge a flat rate of say 30 bucks a month seeing how the only money youre spending on that water is the electricity to run the pump. If you dont like that then the first answer is a pretty good formula
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    licensed plumber

  4. Don’t understand why you installed two water meters, you should be interested in the amount of electricity used to run the well pump. The well water in a way doesn’t have a real cost, but the upkeep of the pump and power are the main costs. Find a rate per month that’s agreeable or write up an agreement with both land owners, for the power, upkeep of the pump and water used per month. The water meters give you a reading on how much water has been used by each of you, but doesn’t address who is responsible for paying for pump repairs and power to run the pump. The written agreement with the new owners could avoid problems down the line. I might have misread your statement, but I understanding it as only addressing the meters and water.
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