[bluedino]

I live about 3 blocks from a friend of mine, I'm in township, he's in the city. His water bill is $120/month, mine is $90 every quarter. We get the same water/sewer from the same place.

[virmundi]

How about garbage? We pay about $100 a month for water, sewer, and garbage. We get biweekly pickups and large trash hauled for free once a month. They even take fridges no question.

[bluedino]

$200/year for the city.

I don't pay anything extra for it being in the township, it must come out of property taxes or something. But the same company picks up the garbage (Waste Management)

[quickthrowman]

Your neighbor either has huge water needs for watering/a pool or he has a leak/leaky fixture in his supply lines.

$120/month where I live would be 33,200 gallons a month. That’s nearly a gallon a minute.

[danaris]

> I'm in township, he's in the city

They're in different municipalities, so the rates are different. They could easily be using the exact same amount of water each month.

[MrFoof]

Rates are vastly different depending on where you live, and can greatly increase depending on separate sewer charges. For example, many areas in Massachusetts have separate sewer fees assessed which is primarily paying back bonds for new infrastructure.

So for me, my rates are approximately:

* Water - $6.75 per 100 cubic feet

* Sewer - $14.25 per 100 cubic feet

Or, $21 per 748 gallons, which is $0.028 per gallon, and is ~7.75x as expensive as your water rates. I have about an $18/mo water bill, which is for ~640 gallons a month. 33,200 gallons would cost ~$930 a month.