Re: "FPUD News: Here's how we calculate your sewer rate" (paid advertisement) [Village News, 12/4/14]

I see that FPUD has still not corrected last year’s misinformation regarding how this charge is calculated.

Last year, after reading that sewer charges would be based on the lowest winter month’s water usage, we managed to keep our use below 1,000 gals for one winter month, expecting that our sewer charge would be calculated on 1 unit (=1,000 gals).

We later were told, however, that FPUD disregards water usage below 1 unit - viewing such as “zero” water use. Instead, they chose to use a month with a higher reading.

I needed to appeal to get our sewer charge corrected. It was reduced, but witho...