Weird question, but since we are paying for a fund and technically it's charity, can we claim that amount on our taxes? Also, forcing customers to contribute to a fund each month seems illegal.

We pay almost $200 a month for a family of 4. DC water forces you to contribute to the clean river fund based on the amount of non-green space you have. For us, they’ve calculated that contribution to be over $80 a month. It’s utter BS.

We just bought a Capitol Hill row house and our first bill was $350, before we had even moved in. I blame a toilet that ran for a couple of days courtesy of careless contractors and an empty house where nobody noticed.

Cap Hill rowhouse. Tiny yard. $120/month.
I get that DC Water is doing some good things (tunnels, green infrastructure, etc), but I've always thought it was a kind of price gouging compared to the price of water in the burbs.

Request:

PLEASE post only if your utility is DC Water. Not suburban, just DC Water.

Also ... Please state whether you live in a free-standing SFH, a rowhouse, or a condo. (why: a huge % of any DC Water bill is directly related to how much of your property is covered by non-permeable concrete (driveway, sidewalk), also your roof size, detached garages). (this is actually as big a factor as how many preschoolers you have taking baths, as a percentage of the bill)

$120ish monthly , young kids bathe every other day unless dirty, DH and I daily, 4 loads laundry on weekends, dishwasher run daily. DH works from home 3 days a week.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ours is usually $200-300. We have 5 people (3 adults and 2 kids) here most days and also a decent sized yard (~.5 acres, but we don't usually use a sprinkler system, just water plants more in the summer). Water in DC is relatively expensive.

You’re taking too many 💩’s. Very possible that you have IBS or another 💩 related disorder.

What a bizarre post. Most water use is from showers: https://water.usgs.gov/edu/activity-percapita.php

Anonymous wrote:Ours is usually $200-300. We have 5 people (3 adults and 2 kids) here most days and also a decent sized yard (~.5 acres, but we don't usually use a sprinkler system, just water plants more in the summer). Water in DC is relatively expensive.

You’re taking too many 💩’s. Very possible that you have IBS or another 💩 related disorder.

$100 to $120 per month. Four of us. Two work from home. Everyone bathes daily. Dishwasher 1x per day and about 4 loads of laundry a week.

Family of 4 plus a nanny, one WFH parent, two kids under 5. $100-$120/month.

$120 family of four. One athlete who showers twice a day. Everyone else showers daily. One load of laundry/day. We have native plants in our yard and usually don't water unless extremely hot and dry.

Ours is usually $200-300. We have 5 people (3 adults and 2 kids) here most days and also a decent sized yard (~.5 acres, but we don't usually use a sprinkler system, just water plants more in the summer). Water in DC is relatively expensive.

3 bathrooms. Kids bathe 2x a week. Run dishwasher 1x a day, probably 4 loads of laundry a week. In winter ours is about $120. Summer months are higher, tiny kiddie pools and other random stuff adds up. I think our highest is about $150.

Our house is less than 1500 sq feet, but about $80-$100 per month. Elementary-aged kids. All bathe daily. Run dishwasher daily and 4-6 loads of laundry weekly.

If you are a family of 4 in a house in DC, what is your average monthly water bill?