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Old 04-08-2011, 01:03 AM
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Well Epcor charges $1.6084 per cubit meter in your area correct? 1 cubic meter is equal to about 260 gallons so if you use 100 gallons of RO with a 1:3 ration that's 400 gallons total which should cost an additional $2.50 per month. So what are we missing here?
400 gallons of water only costs $2.50??????? Are you kidding me??? Wow.
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coming to think of it i had a guy come last week and install a new water meter i wonder if that has anything to do with it ill call them and look into it
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Old 04-08-2011, 01:36 AM
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400 gallons of water only costs $2.50??????? Are you kidding me??? Wow.
water is very cheap (unless you're buying bottled). My last bill was 26cumtr which is about 6900 gallons for $41.26. Total bill though is higher since the drainage fee is based on water in.

And an additional $100, I'd be calling EPCOR.
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Old 04-08-2011, 02:49 AM
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i got enmax bill here and they charge me 1.306 per cubic meter. and last month i used 19 cubic meter so that only cost me 24.83. However, service charge + sewer charge is 36.98

which make my water bill around 61 bucks. So cheap, the gas + electricity is a difference story
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Old 04-08-2011, 03:03 AM
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A couple of years ago they came to my house to install and electronic reader on the exterior of my home and now they bill me every two months with an actual true reading...

I was looking at the mechanical metre in the basement when I was installing one of my rodi units...if I wasn't an honest person it would have been simple to tap my system in before the metre...I often wonder how many people out there have done this (grow op's etc)?
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coming to think of it i had a guy come last week and install a new water meter i wonder if that has anything to do with it ill call them and look into it
I'll bet that they screwed-up the install. They are supposed to log the reading on the old meter and submit that when they install a new meter (which should be at zero). Your next bill should then be an amalgamation of the unbilled consumption on the old meter + the reading on the new meter on the billing date.

They screw this up REGULARLY though. It's a VERY good idea to take th reading of the old meter before they disappear with it so you can fix it when they screw-up.
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What the hell? You guys have to pay for water?
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Old 04-08-2011, 04:06 AM
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on my old tank i ran tap water with prime and i had to clean the glass with the magnet every single day.

now running RO/DI i find that i need to only do it every 3 days or so. and i run way more light on my new tank too.

i wouldnt run tap water in a marine aquarium again. it wont hurt anything, you'll just more algae
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Old 04-08-2011, 04:42 AM
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I switched to RO/DI water this last month and saw no real increase...

There are some sweet fees going on in those bills, have them review it. Maybe you were charged service on the meter change?
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Old 04-08-2011, 04:59 AM
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if they charged me to change my landlords water meter thats a good way to get on my bad side , as for the possible mess up for logs i will be having them review it
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