"Rich Grise" wrote in message
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This isn't as funny as it sounds. I was renting a room from a guy once,
and he was complaining that when he waters his lawn, they add the
gallonage (or whatever the word is) to his sewer bill, the theory
being that most of the water to a house goes out the city sewer.

We have a similar system here (San Diego County), but they compute the
"sewer" charge by using the lowest three winter billing periods over the
last four years. I guess it is an attempt to measure water consumption at a
time of year when there is less lawn sprinkling.