[CarGuys]

I found the meter compartment for the pottable fresh water supply.

I was amazed that anyone could read it as it took me a 1/2 hour to clean out the hole from sand and lawn debris and them scrape off the dried mud and clean the meter glass. Hmmmmmmm!

Makes me wonder all! Do they " Guess ta mate" readings. We are concerned as like some being away from the home .

I used as much water for irrigation running full tilt with the new lawn as I did a month later with the system set for the Village requirements of twice a week. Hmmmmmmmmm

I then opened up the compartment that housed our non-pottable irragiation water. I could not find a meter to read? All I saw was valves and twisted wire for the irrigation

Am I missing something?

Thanks Herv

[l2ridehd]

The meter is read electronically when they drive by your home. Has a small sending unit in it that transmits the reading to the vehicle. Not sure if the irrigation water works the same way, but would suspect so.

You probably had the box open for the sprinkler solenoid controls and not the meter box.

And I believe according to the last notice that your only allowed to water once a week now, not twice.

[JJ&TJ]

My uncle was down at my place in Jan. and said some guy was looking in one of the boxes in the lawn. The next day the guy was back so my uncle went to see what was up. The guy told him he was checking the reading again because there was so much difference from last time. Would have been around $4000.00. Glad he came back.

[CarGuys]

Originally Posted by l2ridehd

The meter is read electronically when they drive by your home. Has a small sending unit in it that transmits the reading to the vehicle. Not sure if the irrigation water works the same way, but would suspect so.

You probably had the box open for the sprinkler solenoid controls and not the meter box.

And I believe according to the last notice that your only allowed to water once a week now, not twice.

New Lawn plants and we are away till July. Great! Yes the box had solenoids in it I did not see any other non potable box?

What are they rationing us while they are issuing another GaZillion building permits and a New industrial complex in TrailWinds! Yea that makes sense?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by CarGuys

New Lawn plants and we are away till July. Great! Yes the box had solenoids in it I did not see any other non potable box?

What are they rationing us while they are issuing another GaZillion building permits and a New industrial complex in TrailWinds! Yea that makes sense?

No, what really does not make any sense is the St John's River Authority approving Niagara Bottling to remove,free, a GaZillion gallons from the river to put in plastic bottles to sell and ship all over the US.

[pqrstar]

The water that Niagra Bottling is pumping is from the Florida aquifer in Lake County.

This is under the St. John's water authority, but the water does not come from the St. Johns River.

It is close to 177 million gallons of ground water a year (484,000 gallons a day) from Lake County.

Water district’s conservation lectures — all bottled up – Taking Names the Blog – Orlando Sentinel

Groveland approves $1.35 million settlement with Niagara Bottling Co. in water war - Orlando Sentinel

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

No, what really does not make any sense is the St John's River Authority approving Niagara Bottling to remove,free, a GaZillion gallons from the river to put in plastic bottles to sell and ship all over the US.

Yea I am still seething about that one...especially when you ask folks to conserve at the expense of losing grass or plants and cinch infestati

By the way the water/irragation meters are located under the same grate and wires are connected from the meter to the underside of the grate for reading

[JohnN]

as stated, the meters are read electronically.

it just makes sense to conserve water, it's expensive.
watering once a week and my plants have done just fine.

[shcisamax]

BTW: What is an average? monthly water bill? We have always been on well water so this is new to us. Also, we have been told we fill up the pool once it is built with a hose. Up here they truck in the water. ANyone know what sort of water bill you get when you fill a pool??? Outside of large? Looking for a number..

[CarGuys]

Originally Posted by rubicon

Yea I am still seething about that one...especially when you ask folks to conserve at the expense of losing grass or plants and cinch infestati

By the way the water/irragation meters are located under the same grate and wires are connected from the meter to the underside of the grate for reading

Saw that connection Thanks

[CarGuys]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

BTW: What is an average? monthly water bill? We have always been on well water so this is new to us. Also, we have been told we fill up the pool once it is built with a hose. Up here they truck in the water. ANyone know what sort of water bill you get when you fill a pool??? Outside of large? Looking for a number..

I understand the Swimming Pools are free however the water to fill it is priceless!

It's gotta be a BaZillion dollars!

Ohhhh am I gonna miss the NY deep wells, Adirondack streams - Upstate NY Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, Rivers Streams and Cheap water up here.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by CarGuys

...Ohhhh am I gonna miss the NY deep wells, Adirondack streams - Upstate NY Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, Rivers Streams and Cheap water up here.

The drinking water in upstate NY must be delicious. I really don't mind the taste too much, but there are folks here in The Villages who do not like the taste of our water. My husband, sister and brother-in-law refuse to drink it. Our house has lots of bottled water and my sis and BIL had a whole house water filtration system installed.

[Skybo]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

BTW: What is an average? monthly water bill?

My monthly potable water bill averages about $13 a month (that includes an $8.06 base fee that you pay even if you don’t use any water). My sewer treatment averages about $23 a month (which includes an $11.49 base fee).

My irrigation bill generally runs about $12 a month (including a $5.40 base fee). The amount of irrigation water will vary greatly depending on size of lot, amount/type of landscaping and time of year. Irrigation water is charged on a “tier system”. 0 – 7000 gallons the rate is $1.87/thousand, 7000 – 14,000 gallons $3.04/thousand and 14,000 and up $4.23/thousand. (Note the 7,000-14000 and 14000+ rate may be a little higher now, I only went that high the first month I moved in and had new landscaping).

Originally Posted by shcisamax

ANyone know what sort of water bill you get when you fill a pool??? Outside of large? Looking for a number..

The rate on potable water on my last bill was $1.72/Thousand. So if you know the size of your pool, you can figure an estimate that way. Up north, when we filled a pool, we didn’t have to pay sewer treatment for that amount of water. Not sure if they cut you that break here or not.

[shcisamax]

Ha. Does anyone know how many gallons a 14x28 ft pool takes if the deep end is 6 ft? This is indisputably one of those volume questions that I got wrong on my geometry test in high school. Anyone able to get the answer? Really good exercise for the brain.

[handyman]

7.5 gals in a cubic foot of water,most water companies charge by cubic foot not gallon,but it seems everything is a little different down here, by the way how deep is the shallow end?


you must average the depth multiply depth x width x length x7.5