by M.M. Tirion
“News articles make it sound like I can’t afford to live in the village. How much would I pay for water and sewer, if I only use like 5,000 gallons a year?”
All one-family homes and all apartment units pay, per year, a fixed rate of $320 plus a variable rate of $8.50 per thousand gallons for water and sewer
Someone using 5,000 gallons per year (or just under 14 gallons per day) would pay $320 fixed cost plus $42.50 variable cost, or a total of $362.50 per year for water and sewer.
A residence using a more typical 120 gallons per day or 43,800 gallons per year would pay $320 fixed cost plus $374 variable cost or a total of $694 for water and sewer service per year.
Pre-2018, village residents paid $15 x 5 = $75 in total for 5,000 gallons of water and sewage, and $660 for 43,800 gallons of water and sewer use
How do these numbers compare to maintaining ones own water well and septic tank outside village boundaries?
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