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[ScubaTC]

PMagic -

Reviewing my JEA bill http://www.jea.com the sewer service charge for 8000gal is $39.61. The water service is $20.97. On 8k gallons at $39.61 = $4.95 per 1k gallons. Looking at my prior statements online the water usage and sewer rates go up in costs as you use more water. Looks like they have a pricing scale. Check your current statement against a (recent) older one that is similar in water usage for a comparison. Just remember they recently had price increases (don't recall when they went into affect). It's not a far stretch for JEA to have mis-billed you and for them to have not taken notice to it on your initial call to them.

 

[ScubaTC]

Taking another look at your cost difference in water usage and sewer charges that you posted I would say they have made a big mistake on your sewer charge and maybe elsewhere.

Since I don't know what the JEA price scale is as more gallons are used I have listed a few examples for your $90.44 sewer charge:

$90.44/$4.95 per 1k = 18,000+ gallons in sewer usage. How big is your tank - lol

$90.44/$5.20 per 1k = 17,000+ gal in sewer usage.

If they quoted you a rate of $4.15 aligned to your usage/price scale...
$90.44/$4.15 = 22,000- gal in sewer usage.

I took a quick look at their site for pricing based on consumption, but wasn't able to locate any info.

 

[s10willy]

This thread prompted me to look at my water bills, which I have never done in the past because my wife takes care of it. It reinforced that I made the right decision for my situation when I chose to have JEA install the separate meter for irrigation 6 years ago.

I used 4300 cubic feet (1 cu ft = 7.48 gallons, so a total of 32,164 gallons) according to the irrigation meter last month. The consumption part of the bill (without the Public Service Tax of $5.96) came to $59.60. That breaks down to $1.85 per 1000 gallons.

I used 6,000 gallons on the meter for household usage. I was charged $30.31 for sewage, and $17.32 for the water. Without the tax, that brings the total to $47.63, which breaks down to $7.94 per 1000 gallons.

I'm looking at a savings of $6.09 per 1000 gallons. With consumption of 32,000 gallons in irrigation per month, I save about $180 per month using the separate meter. At this rate, the meter paid for itself within 5 months.

 

[sea devil]

Based on 39000 gals of water, sewer was $164.84, Water was $45.33 & elec. (8168 kwh/25kw) was $775.56. This was based on 32 day cycle. Dec I used 29000 & Jan was 39000. How does it come out even amounts? I used exactly 10000 gals more?