11-20-2008, 09:17 AM
One of the benefits to having water mains installed would be fire hydrants. My house is safer and also my homeowners insurance is cheaper due to a nearby fire hydrant (my coworker called and asked our agent why his policy cost more).
The down side to a community water system is a water bill. I don't know how much folks pay on county water, but for example if it was $30 bucks a month, well I just spent over 2 years worth of water bills on a new UV system that will cost me another ~$8.5/month for the light bulb, another $24/yr for filters, the electricity for the bulb, the cost of replacing the liner/cover/catchment and the joy of finding geckos and coqui frogs living in my catchment. Don't worry too much about the catchment, well actually, don't worry once your disinfection system is tested. I just installed a UV unit and will be having a bacti test performed and I'll check my own pH.
Cheers,
Sean
The down side to a community water system is a water bill. I don't know how much folks pay on county water, but for example if it was $30 bucks a month, well I just spent over 2 years worth of water bills on a new UV system that will cost me another ~$8.5/month for the light bulb, another $24/yr for filters, the electricity for the bulb, the cost of replacing the liner/cover/catchment and the joy of finding geckos and coqui frogs living in my catchment. Don't worry too much about the catchment, well actually, don't worry once your disinfection system is tested. I just installed a UV unit and will be having a bacti test performed and I'll check my own pH.
Cheers,
Sean
See you in the surf