The $$$ cost of water

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Raucina

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I have a choice of water at $1,000 hookup and then $13.50 a month forever for standby, and about $35.00 for the first 7,000 gallons monthly. Incrementally higher after that. Or to drill a well in a very "iffy" area for 10 to 20 thousand.

I guess the water system is the best bet, but what are others paying to use 7,000 gallons a month?
 

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The first question is are you a gambler?

Can you afford to lose 10-20K should you end up with a dry hole and then pay more to hook up to county water.
 

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In this area you would not have to make the decision. If there were municpal sewer and water available, (available meaning in the area even if it cost you $10,000.00 to extend it to your property), you could not have a well, or septic tank. The quality of water from a municipal supply is monitored, whereas your well water would be whatever comes out of the ground.
 

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Most folks around here on save money by hooking up to rural water. The exceptions are those who feed live stock and use a LARGE amount of water.

My choice would be rural water if I was starting from scratch.
 

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I would hookup. But I would setup my well for all outside stuff and maybe for the laundry. I would make sure that the meter had back flow prevention and have it set up with a single valve between the well and municipal water for when they go down.

If they had sewer I would jump on it to even if you had to toss a pump into your septic tank and pump into there system.
 

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Thanks for the replys. I'll go for their water, sounds pretty cheap at
$35/7000 gallons. Have to do septic for about $4,000 - no sewer system.

On further investigation, a well in this area is Russian roulette. The system wells are over 800' deep, so I guess the water district is a good buy.
 
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