"JackpipE" wrote in message
My house has public water and well water in the basement that's only
available for garden purposes.
Does any one know what is the cost of using well + electric pump vs
public water? Let's assume that the water quality is not an issue
here.
I live in NJ (northern Jersey) and so far I only got 1 water bill for
$0. We have recently moved into the house so I don't know the bills
look like. I know I'm getting high electric bill mainly because of the
AC but not sure it the well pump is part of it.

Thanks,
Jack


Determine the power consumption of your pump to deliver 1 gallon of
water. You could hook up a VOM to measure current flow. From that
you can get kilowatt hours used. There is also a maintenance/repair
estimate cost to add. Also, the deeper the well, the higher the
cost.