Utility bills for single-family residences include all services such as water, refuse, street sweeping, sewer charges, recycling, and green waste. All customers are charged a minimum per dwelling unit charge of $22.52. Your bill goes out every two months and all the charges stay the same with the exception of water usage which is billed at a specified rate per every thousand gallons used. As your water use goes up, charges are tiered. The more water you use the higher the water charges.  

Meters are usually read during the first 10 days of the month of the billing date. For example, if your bill had a billing date of 07/31/10, then your meter would have been read during the first 10 days of July. The bill that you would receive at the beginning of August would be for actual water use from the first few days in May to the first few days in July. If you start cutting back on water usage after those first few days in July, you may not see lower bills until your bill in September.  

Usually, meters are read during the first 10 days of the month of the billing date. Such as if your bill has a billing date of 07/31/10, then your meter will read during the first 10 days of June. So the bill that you will receive at the start of August will be the actual water you use from the first few days of May to the first few days of July. So if you start cutting back on water usage after those first few days in July, then you will not see lower bills until your bill in September.