water rates
Plumbing service fees
Water rates are charges levied for the supply of water to homes and businesses, typically by a utility company or municipal authority.
In British English especially, the term refers to periodic bills based on property value or metered consumption: Our water rates went up again this year.
The rates cover treatment, delivery, and often sewage services.
- utilityFunctional worth or purpose
- public utilityRegulated essential services provider
- meterDevice that measures usage
- meter readingRecording utility consumption data
- consumptionUsing up of resources
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- water managementdam, irrigation, watershed, cistern, drainage
- Water Utilitiessupply, metering, pipes, mains, leakage
- municipal financemunicipal bonds, municipal budgets, bond issue, city budgets, city budget
- Utilities Regulationpublic hearings, state boards, commissions, ratepayers, utility fees
- utility ratestariff, energy tariffs, fuel charges, service charges, usage charges
- local lawszoning, city ordinances, zoning ordinance, city ordinance, permits