Yes but you can negotiate with house owner.
Generally apartment complexes must include water, sewer, and garbage as part of the rent. Some exceptions may exist, for example, a building with fewer apartments: in this case the apartment must have its own meter. The landlord does not have the right to limit how much water a tenant uses.
This all depends on the laws of your state and the terms of the lease. The larger the apartment complex is, the likelier the landlord will have to pay for water, garbage, and sewer.
What type of equipment is used to detect a sewer leak? Can you find it with a meter?
The sewer charge on your water bill is a fee for the removal and treatment of wastewater from your property. It covers the cost of maintaining and operating the sewer system that transports and processes the wastewater.
Water, sewer, and garbage are paid by the landlord.
The length of a sewer line can be anything from one meter/yard to many kilometers/miles long.
The sewer charge on your water bill is a fee for the removal and treatment of wastewater from your property. It is typically calculated based on the amount of water you use, as this is a common indicator of the volume of wastewater generated. The sewer charge helps cover the costs of maintaining and operating the sewer system in your area.
Many states vary with this kind of rule: your rent may or may not include water and sewer. If it does this means the landlord pays your water and sewer for you. Depending on the laws of your state, your landlord may opt to have a water meter installed for your apartment so that you would pay such utilities.
This is not helpful. Where is your meter? I use about 50 gallons per month in Cleveland, Ohio. I play $ 6.50 for this water and the sewer charge is $8.50. so about $ 15.00 for 50 gallons. 30 cents a gallon.
In 1996 the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation made available through a municipal code Sec. 64 program called the Sewer Service Charge Relief Program. This program allows residential and commercial property owners the right to purchase a second water meter or water sub meter from DWP. The purpose of this sub water meter is to meter actual usage of water brought into the building or installed on the irrigation waterlines for calculation of the sewer service charge (SSC). This SSC charge is currently estimated if no water sub meter has been purchased. The savings can be as high as 80% off of the sewer service charges located on page two of a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power bill. I called California Utility Services 800-400-1727 and they did it all for me. I am now saving $130.00 every bi-monthly bill. They were professional and reasonable.
To effectively get rid of a persistent sewer smell in your apartment, you can try pouring a mixture of baking soda and vinegar down the drains, cleaning the drains with a drain snake, using a sewer odor eliminator product, or contacting a professional plumber to inspect and fix any underlying issues causing the smell.
No and if they did your entitled to a 2% per month compounded interest refund check