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A water tariff (often called water rate in the United States and Canada) is a price assigned to water supplied by a public utility through a piped network to its customers. The term is also often applied to wastewater tariffs.
Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes. [1]: 1 Another definition of wastewater is "Used water from any combination of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities, surface runoff / storm water, and any sewer inflow or sewer infiltration".
A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to statewide government monopolies.
In January, Illinois American Water estimated its proposed rate hike would increase average residential monthly water bills by about $24 per month, and the average wastewater bill by about $3 to ...
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The term "water reuse" is generally used interchangeably with terms such as wastewater reuse, water reclamation, and water recycling. A definition by the USEPA states: "Water reuse is the method of recycling treated wastewater for beneficial purposes, such as agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes, toilet flushing, and groundwater replenishing (EPA, 2004)."
When utility bills climb, property owners need to take action to fix the problem before it results in a massive debt to the utility. A common reason water bills increase are due to leaks in the ...
A utility bill audit is a comprehensive review of an organization's utility invoices to include Electric, Gas, Water/Sewer and Waste invoices in order to track billing errors and evaluate rate plans to make suggestions for further savings. [1] This is separate from an energy audit which seeks to minimize energy spending through increased ...