While calculating the cost of living in various cities (I'm going to use Melbourne as an example here), we looked up everything from electricity and garbage to water and sewer. Here is how they compare.
Water in Melbourne is purchased through City West Water Limited (there might be other organizations, but this is the one we looked at). The have a base charge of AU$38.53 per quarter (three months) to be hooked up to the water system. After that water is billed in a steps.
| Step | Liters Per Day | Cost per 1,000 Liters |
| Step 1 | 0-440 | AU$1.5427 |
| Step 2 | 440-880 | AU$1.8102 |
| Step 3 | 880+ | AU$2.6745 |
Our water bill in Minnesota comes out to $13.53 per month and is measured in 1,000's of cubic feet. Doing the conversion between that and liters was a simple matter of google-fu. Divide that number by the average number of days per month, which is 30.44 (as our water is billed monthly here) and we got our daily water usage.
The water bill for our little city gets measured out like this:
In Melbourne, there is a base monthly fee of AU$38.53 per quarter (an average of AU$12.86 per month). In Andover, MN USA there is a base monthly fee of US$5.13.
With all that in mind, we sat down to calculate our Australian water bill, given our current usage. This is with the understanding that we will not have 12,000 gallon months there as we will be significantly downsizing in the lawn department.
So.... drumroll....
US Water Bill: US$218.13 per year, with an average of US$18.18 per month
Australian Water Bill: AU$741.69 per year with an average of AU$61.81 per month.
We can expect our water bill to go up by about 340%
The water bill for our little city gets measured out like this:
Step | Gallons Per Month | Cost per 1,000 Gallons |
Step 1 | 0-3000 | US$1.82 |
Step 2 | 3001-7000 | US$1.89 |
Step 3 | 7001-12,000 | US$1.96 |
Step 4 | 12,001-20,000 | US$2.07 |
Step 5 | 20,001-33,000 | US$2.23 |
Step 6 | 33,001-67,000 | US$2.47 |
In Melbourne, there is a base monthly fee of AU$38.53 per quarter (an average of AU$12.86 per month). In Andover, MN USA there is a base monthly fee of US$5.13.
With all that in mind, we sat down to calculate our Australian water bill, given our current usage. This is with the understanding that we will not have 12,000 gallon months there as we will be significantly downsizing in the lawn department.
So.... drumroll....
US Water Bill: US$218.13 per year, with an average of US$18.18 per month
Australian Water Bill: AU$741.69 per year with an average of AU$61.81 per month.
We can expect our water bill to go up by about 340%
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