Fix a Leak Week and City of Roswell’s Tips for Understanding Your Water Bill The first step in changing the way you use water in the future is taking the time to understand how much water you use today. The best place to find this information is on your monthly water bill. The average American uses around 88 gallons per day per person. That means a family of four would use approximately 10,500 gallons in a 30-day period. The Roswell water utility bill provides a usage trend/consumption history to show how your water use has varied over the course of the year. This is a helpful tool to see when your water use reaches its highest levels. The Roswell water utility rate includes a monthly fixed base rate, based on the meter size, which is charged to all customers regardless of the amount of water used. An additional, variable fee is added to the base rate dependent upon the gallons used per month. The base rate covers costs for maintaining existing infrastructure and constructing new infrastructure. The variable fee is the price the resident pays per gallon of water used, which reflects the costs of providing water including chemical treatment to provide safe water and energy to deliver water.The bill also includes a space for special messages, contact information, payment options, and payment requirements (due date, late fees, penalties, and disconnect/reconnect fees).Fix a Leak Week is March 16-22. An average household with a water leak can account for nearly 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year. Here are some tips for finding leaks:• Look at your water usage during a colder month. If a family of four exceeds 12,000 gallons, there is a serious leak.• Check your water meter before and after a 2-hour period when no water is being used. If the meter changes at all, you have a leak.• Identify toilet leaks by placing a drop of food coloring in the tank. If color shows up in the bowl after 10 minutes, you have a leak.• Examine faucet gaskets and pipe fittings for any water on the outside of the pipe to check for surface leaks.
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