On Sep 10, 4:42?pm, Jo Ann wrote:
On Sep 10, 3:33 pm, Phisherman wrote:





"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.

I've had it both ways, and usually come out ahead using the well water
+ pump electricity. One variable to check, though, is whether your
city bills for water with a minimum usage assumption. If you would be
under the minimum usage, even with watering, you'd be further ahead to
go with the city. I know it sounds insane to think you could water
and remain under the minimum, but I do it; don't know if my city has a
high minimum usage assumption or I'm just exceptionally thrifty with
water.

You are probably exceptionally thrifty in all regards, very few
households ever get a water bill with usage below the minimum... you
must have been a navy submariner. g