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is $578 in August, about 2X of last August (August 2025). It was
about 250 last August. <span></span></span></p>
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it may be related to the rate change that took effect on October 1, 2025, as
shown in the table below.<span></span></span></p>
</div><div><img src="cid:ii_mtitv4wo0" alt="image.png" width="488" height="259"><br><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 10:31 AM Jamie Rogers via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Ours is over $600 this month - and I haven’t increase water usage v. Last year. I’ve never had a bill this high. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Has the rate increased? Or how do we get a meter read check? </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 10:24 AM Rachael Holley via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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We did have a substantial mis-read on our meter for June. However even with that corrected it was still higher than our typical summer months. My husband suspects they don’t actually read the meter monthly, only estimate and the past few months were actual
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<b>To:</b> Kate Blackmon <<a href="mailto:kateblackmon1@hotmail.com" target="_blank">kateblackmon1@hotmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> LJE <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Neighbors] Water Bill</font>
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<div dir="auto">$750 and my grass looks like it was hit by a wildfire. How we don’t get more rain is mind boggling as evaporation drains my pool…. More water there just to keep up. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 9:49 AM Kate Blackmon via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Same. 2 people living here and May was $89, June $300, July $450 and August $900.
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<blockquote type="cite">On Sep 1, 2026, at 9:26 AM, Richard Misdom via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Ditto, just paid $515 with fees, operating costs are approaching $2k monthly</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 9:06 AM Stefani Rea via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Sep 1, 2026, at 8:52 AM, Kathryn Williams via Neighbors <<a href="mailto:neighbors@lj-estates.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">neighbors@lj-estates.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> We have always had what I thought was a very high water bill for 2 people living in a house and are only in town maybe 2.5-3 weeks a month at most. It was $537 this past month. I am curious as to whether others have high water bills. It is crazy that my water
bill is more than the electricity bill. I have checked the property and sprinkler system for leaks and there are none. We do have a pool, no leaks in it either, but that should not make it this high.<br>
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> Thanks for the feed back.<br>
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> Kathy Williams<br>
> 4214 Reaumur Dr.<br>
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