{"id":2525,"date":"2017-06-16T10:53:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2525"},"modified":"2017-06-16T10:53:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:53:21","slug":"our-last-3-water-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2525","title":{"rendered":"Our Last 3 Water Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just so we all understand our water bills, I thought it would be a good idea to quantify them for you. We have 25 water meters around the property, and some areas use a lot more water than others. This may well be that there are more households on some meters than on others.<\/p>\n<p>The past 3 water bills are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>March 2017 &#8211;\u00a0 <strong>2,139,000 gallons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April 2017 &#8211;\u00a0 <strong>1,983,000 gallons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 2017 &#8211;\u00a0 <strong>2,542,000 gallons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our current water bill is just under $30,000.00.\u00a0 Our water, based on our level of consumption, costs over $6.00 per thousand gallons. We also get billed for Waste Water, Storm Drainage, and for the multi-meters.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who have not lived here for a long time, there was a time when the HOA paid for the water themselves. I remember when the dues were less than $45-$55 a month when I moved here in 1983. But a few years later, the HOA had to make the water bill part of the dues, or face financial problems. That is when the dues went up to cover the water bill. Around 35% of the current dues go directly to paying the water bill alone.<\/p>\n<p>Please conserve water whenever possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just so we all understand our water bills, I thought it would be a good idea to quantify them for you. We have 25 water meters around the property, and some areas use a lot more water than others. This may well be that there are more households on some meters than on others. The..<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=2525\">Read more <span class=\"fa fa-angle-right\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3620,"url":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=3620","url_meta":{"origin":2525,"position":0},"title":"Spike in Water Usage","author":"Don Ryan","date":"September 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"During the month of August, we had significant increases in water consumption on 5 of the 25 water meters on property. This resulted in a water bill of over $35,000.00, which is about 46% of our monthly income from assessments. Lately, the water bill has averaged about $31,000 per month\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Water Consumption&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Water Consumption","link":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?cat=260"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3279,"url":"https:\/\/gpmcha.org\/?p=3279","url_meta":{"origin":2525,"position":1},"title":"Water Leak on East MC Court","author":"Don Ryan","date":"December 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We have another water leak at the City water meter located in the common area across from #40 East MC Court. 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