My pool is 14 X 28. Two feet at the shallow end and six feet at the deep end. Holds about 12,500 gallons. Cost to fill is about $85.

Just got my first full-period Village of Charlotte water bill, with different...higher...rates than above, as follows:

Potable base fee....$8.18 (vs $8.06 above for Skybo)
0-3000 gal @ $1.93 (vs $1.72 above)

Sewer base....$14.90 (vs $11.49 above)

Irrigation base....$7.50 (vs $5.40 above)
0-7000 gal @ $2.02/thousand (vs $1.87 above)
7001-14000 gal @ $3.38/thousand (vs $3.04 above)

Why the difference, anybody know? What's yours??

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OK - as I said, I misunderstood. Thanks for the update.

District rates are different
 

At the "Goverment day" exhibit I was told there are different rates for the different districts. They have higher rates in the newer section in an attempt to conserve water. Newer homes have more water efficient faucets and appliances.

I came up with 9000 gallons - close enough to Handyman's 10290 gallons.

Actually I did use a calculator instead of the slide rule. After playing with it for a while, I found out that it makes a great straight edge.

Okaaay.....So they're telling those with older inefficient stuff, "Don't worry. You keep using the old stuff at your regular rates and we'll have the new people with the good stuff subsidize you while motivating them to use less at the same time...."

I still think (hope) I'm missing something there......

Yes, the logic eludes me too. :)

That’s a good question BostonCelt. I didn’t realize that the rates were different in different districts. For what it’s worth, the home I live in is less than a year old.

12ridehd Thank you for the NUMBER. The way people were talking I thought it would be a couple thousand to fill. :)