It's funny that the cities water and sewer bills have become a new way to collect revenue for anything.  A lot of times it happens without any input from the residents. In Florence the water was paid every two months back in 2006. The average residential usage bill was about 70 to 80 dollars every two months, around 35 to 40 dollars a month. Then in 2010 they changed to a monthly billing and the amount stayed about the same, now 70 dollars a month with new charges included. They added cost for street lights, storm run off, and the water and sewage went up. I guess they figured no one would notice. Now it runs about 100 to 110 a month for the same usage. That equates to a 300% increase in the water bill in 11 years. That inflation is a little extreme. My point is that the money goes into the city account and no one knows how it is used. The roads still have pot holes and we only have one street light on my road. The police get a nice raise and the public works get a new building. haha