I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned how far your hot water heater is from our Master Bedrooms. When I use my sink in my bathroom & I want hot water, I bet I run my water in my sink for 2 mins. or longer to get hot water & I bet I run 2 gal. of water down the drain to get my first drop on hot water. Now, can you imagine 100,000+ homes doing that & how much water is wasted. I personally think the homes here weren't very well thought out. Where I lived in Ohio, my monthly water bill in the house I lived in for 11 yrs. before moving here, the highest bill I ever got was $18. & that's when I turned my irrigation system on 3 times in one week. Other than that I never ever ran over $12. a MONTH. In The Villages defense fresh water here in Florida is hard to come by probably because the soil is so sandy & they can't get to the fresh water or it dries up so quickly. I only pay as an average $80. a month for water, that's pretty good compared to what I've been reading here.
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