Whats YOUR Water Cost?

[fantasymaker]

Id really like to hear from those of you that Haul or have water hauled but I know people from all over will want to know whatit is in other places.
Water from the town tower costs me 25cents for 40 gallons and about a half gallon of gas round trip ,water from my spring is free down hill and pumping costs at my house run about 1 cent per 150 gallons.

[oregon woodsmok]

I've had water hauled, but it was years ago. Big tanker truck emptied into the cistern about once a month. It was expensive. Made me very conservative about water use.

It's my understanding that if you take a personal size water trailer to the local fire hall that the water is free. There are areas close to me where the water mains don't run, so people are on wells or cisterns. A well is about $30,000, so a lot of folks haul water.

[DaleK]

Last summer it was $150 for 4000 gallons.

[Harry Chickpea]

Ours is the cost of pumping about 100 vertical feet from the creek. The greater costs come from the filters I use and the bleach I use to flocculate and make it safe for general household use. (We use a Berkey or distilled water for potable water) If our well hadn't come in dry, I wouldn't be so concerned about that.

[farmerDale]

Fortunately it costs us just the power to run the pump plus any maintenance that may occur. A new pump here and there and it isn't so cheap, on the unfortunate side.

[goatsareus]

We pay $1.25 to have our 350 gallon plastic water hauling tank filled at the local water plant. Fortunately the plant is about 2 miles from our house.

We had our own water at the house and barn from our developed spring. Last year we had the house hooked up to the newly available county water lines. The two of us average using 2200 gallons a month, costing $27.10. What has been a shocker to us is the water usage of our renters/neighbors. The three of them average 7700 gallons a month for $84.96. We still have our spring water at the barn so we can water our garden for the cost of pumping it.

[Forerunner]

*whispers hoarsely*

I've got a pint of week-old rainwater I'll sell yuh for five bucks.

[How Do I]

Ours was a penny a gallon when we hauled it just last year. $60 for 1200 gallons to have it delivered. 400 gallons of water in the bed is hard on an old Ford.

[English Oliver]

We get 150 gal. for $1.00, and the pipe is a mile and a half from the house. To have it hauled is $55. for 1500 gal.

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[ChristieAcres]

The cost of pumping from our well, but we did have to replace the water pump right after we bought this property. DH didn't go cheap, went industrial for it. Then, he installed it himself, during a rainstorm. Water delivery here is expensive.

[Kshobbit]

City of Longton, Kansas water, sewer and trash bill runs roughly @$80 a month.

The bi-monthly notice of all the nasty stuff they can't get out of the water is free.
I buy drinking water extra and have a reverse osmosis filtration system waiting to get installed.

[Ken Scharabok]

I would say free since I get it directly from a spring. However the pressure gauge needs to be replace about every other year and I have a string filter for water entering the mobilehome.

[Truckinguy]

We haul bulk water and we charge about $10/m3. A 15m/3500gal truck costs $145 and a 19m/4500gal costs $185. Not sure exactly what we pay, we fill from a few different municipalities and they all charge a little differently. We charge a minimum $95 for 1700 gallons or less. We have quite a few customers who just have a cistern or poly tank that we fill on a regular basis. Summer time is our busy season when pools get filled. Even people on town water figure it's cheaper for us to haul it in than for them to run their meter for the day or two that it would take to fill an inground pool, not to mention a lot faster! :happy0035: If you replace the liner you need to get the pool filled up as fast as you can to hold the shape and a garden hose just won't cut it!

I will add that we only haul municipal water because we fill wells and cisterns and if we put any other water in the truck it would contaminate the tank. Whether you want drinking water or just filling a hole in the ground, we bring you the same water.

[ronbre]

right now elec to pump it out of the ground, eventually hope to have that wind, solar or other, like flowing well