Average water bill for single family house San Diego?

[ctr70]

I currently live in a condo so I don’t know this. What is the average water bill for a single family house? With mostly 1 person (sometimes 2) living in it? I’m thinking like $50/mo?

[The-Shoveler]

I think you are low, there are a lot of fee’s at least where I am,
closer to $100/mo

[bearishgurl]

It’s billed every two months and starts around $50 for two months for a one-person house with little to nothing to water outside (all concrete or xeriscape). It could go as high as $200 or more from April thru Nov if the resident is watering a large lot even if there are only one or two people living there.

Acreages are even more expensive to water, but most of those residents have wells and do not water the entire property, in any case. They also likely have their own septic system and thus do not pay sewer bills.

The average water bill for a family of four is probably about $80-90 for two months, even if there is nothing to water outside.

Sewer bills range from about $16 mo to $40 mo, depending on water usage from Nov thru April in the previous fiscal year and are adjusted in the first billing cycle after every July 1. Sewer is billed every two months, also, in most jurisdictions.

In County uninc areas, the sewer bill used to be added to the tax bill, but not sure about this anymore.

If any Pigg routinely has higher bills than this, please post your circumstances.

[Coronita]

Nope. Try again…

Take a look at your waterbill, you’ll notice most of the charges are for non-usage fees.

Usage fees for me are reasonable. Paying for all the other costs,etc is what hurts.

[UCGal]

Here are the details for our bill. We have a 2000sf house and a separate 700 sf casita. Total residents 4 adults, 2 kids, 1 dog. Landscaping is watered with drip irrigation, which is turned off after every rain. During the winter, we pretty typically stay in the first pricing tier, during the spring/summer/fall we start going into the 2nd tier (more expensive).

Base water fee: $38.66
Water Used: $62.17 (14HCF first tier, 3 2nd tier)
Sewer base fee (less settlement): $30.66
Sewer service charge (based on water use): $60.74
Storm Drain: $1.90

So the fixed costs are pretty high – about $70/2 months. My total bill was $194.28.

It goes higher if you have a lot of lawn, a pool, teenagers who spend hours in the shower. (My kids are still young enough I have to tell them to take showers.)

[Coronita]

[quote=UCGal]Here are the details for our bill. We have a 2000sf house and a separate 700 sf casita. Total residents 4 adults, 2 kids, 1 dog. Landscaping is watered with drip irrigation, which is turned off after every rain. During the winter, we pretty typically stay in the first pricing tier, during the spring/summer/fall we start going into the 2nd tier (more expensive).

Base water fee: $38.66
Water Used: $62.17 (14HCF first tier, 3 2nd tier)
Sewer base fee (less settlement): $30.66
Sewer service charge (based on water use): $60.74
Storm Drain: $1.90

So the fixed costs are pretty high – about $70/2 months. My total bill was $194.28.

It goes higher if you have a lot of lawn, a pool, teenagers who spend hours in the shower. (My kids are still young enough I have to tell them to take showers.)[/quote]

I think we discussed this some time ago ucgal in which we were comparing our water bills here, if I remember. I remember BG also commenting that about if we saved water at some specific months, the sewage fees would be less too…
Let me dig it up…

[Coronita]

ctr70,

Here was the discussion we had last time about water bills. Some of us were seeing $200 water bills/2months…

Some of us stated that about $130 of it came from all the fixed fees on things…

http://piggington.com/is_200_water_bill_every_two_months_too_high_for_three_people

[sdrealtor]

[quote=ctr70]I currently live in a condo so I don’t know this. What is the average water bill for a single family house? With mostly 1 person (sometimes 2) living in it? I’m thinking like $50/mo?[/quote]

Mines about $70 with a big yard and spa under similar circumstances.

[briansd1]

sounds cheap sdrealtor.
Do you pay for trash in Carlsbad?

[blake]

Spam filter won’t let me post link to the san diego dot gov page.

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Winter Monitoring Period

Determining Sewer Rates

In the City of San Diego, each single-family domestic customer’s individualized flat sewer rate is based upon the amount of water used during the previous winter. This system, rather than a flat rate for all customers, more fairly apportions the costs of running the sewer system.

Every winter, primarily during the months of December through March, the City monitors the amount of water each customer uses. The winter months are when the measuring takes place because that is when the highest percentage of water used is returned to the sewer system. The City monitors your water usage during the two billing cycles, and uses the total from the cycle with the least amount of usage to calculate your sewer rate.

Once the monitoring period is finished, an individualized flat rate is figured for each customer, and that rate goes into effect the following July 1.

That rate is in effect for one year, and will be updated with new data every July 1. If you are new to a home, your sewer rate will be based on the city-wide average until a reading can take place for you during the next winter.

If you would like to know when the exact dates of your winter monitoring period, please call our Customer Services Hotline at (619) 515-3500.

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So, to save money, don’t take shower from December to March and use your workplace’s bathroom for other businesses. 🙂

[Essbee]

We were paying around $240 every two months for an 1800 sf house with 2 adults, 2 toddlers, and an almost all usable-space 10,000+ sf lot. We had a fair amount of laundry, and I like long showers, but I think that the biggest culprit is that my husband is pretty much hose and sprinkler-happy and our lawn was always really green, even in August.

[zk]

I don’t know if water is more expensive in Carmel Valley, but I don’t know anyone whose water bill is less than $150 for two months. Some friends with huge, grassy yards and pools pay 4 times that much and more. I’d say the average in CV is close to $250 for two months.

[sdrealtor]

My trash bill is $37.74 payable every other month. I am in the Olivenhain Municipal Water District so not City of SD rates. Dont know what the difference is ratewise. Our water quality is amazing. They could bottle it and sell it.

[ctr70]

So it looks like it ranges from about $70-$120 for SFR. I have a friend who owns a triplex with 3 small 1 bedroom apts (he pays water) and he just told me it’s $120-$140/mo…so $40-$45 for each unit.

[sdrealtor]

Just opened my most recent bill and it was $79.95. About $30 was the system access charge

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