Found out my neighbor's water bill was half mine...

I always thought being on a well was the cheaper option, but my neighbor in Red Deer showed me his municipal water bill last week and it was $45 a month compared to my $90 pump maintenance and electricity. Turns out I was replacing filters way too often and my pressure tank was set wrong the whole time. Has anyone else done the math on well vs. city water around here?

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the_leo1mo ago

Found my pressure tank was set way too high too, fixed it and cut my electric bill in half.

pat_stone1mo ago

Cut it in half? That's a big savings. Should've checked mine years ago then.

ward.jamie1mo ago

Yeah, it's wild how much difference it makes. I had the same issue with my own tank a couple years back. I just grabbed an inexpensive pressure gauge from the hardware store and checked it. Turned out mine was set to 45 PSI when it only needed 28, so I bled some air out and the pump stopped kicking on every time someone flushed the toilet. It's one of those simple fixes that's totally worth the ten minutes.