High Water/Sewer Bill Parma Ohio

[John Wright]

I'm having abnormally high water/sewer bills for my duplex in Parma, Ohio. Here are the stats from Cleveland Water and NEORSD (sewer):

~$100 avg for 1.9-2.1 MCF water usage per month

~$200 avg sewer cost

The total of $300 per month is about 20% of the entire rent charged for the duplex which seems extremely high for just water and sewer (and frankly, way out of what I budged for when purchasing the property).

I'm able to see daily breakdowns and each day seems to be about 400 gallons used a day for the duplex. About 3 times a month I see spikes of 1800 MCF. I'm assuming this spike is from the washing machine usage? It's fairly consistent.

Is it just that the water usage is abnormally high? 200 gallons of water per unit per day -> ~100 gallons of water per person per day? My next best idea is to replace some of the toilets, shower faucets, sinks, and washer with high efficiency items.

Any help would be appreciated!

[James Wise]

Originally posted by @John Wright:

I'm having abnormally high water/sewer bills for my duplex in Parma, Ohio. Here are the stats from Cleveland Water and NEORSD (sewer):

~$100 avg for 1.9-2.1 MCF water usage per month

~$200 avg sewer cost

The total of $300 per month is about 20% of the entire rent charged for the duplex which seems extremely high for just water and sewer (and frankly, way out of what I budged for when purchasing the property).

I'm able to see daily breakdowns and each day seems to be about 400 gallons used a day for the duplex. About 3 times a month I see spikes of 1800 MCF. I'm assuming this spike is from the washing machine usage? It's fairly consistent.

Is it just that the water usage is abnormally high? 200 gallons of water per unit per day -> ~100 gallons of water per person per day? My next best idea is to replace some of the toilets, shower faucets, sinks, and washer with high efficiency items.

Any help would be appreciated!

 Another thing to look into would be exterior spigots. Removing all of those so that the tenants cannot run sprinklers, fill up pools or wash their cars is a money saver.