Understanding Your Bill

A. The DUE DATE represents the payment postmark deadline. Accounts whose payments are postmarked or brought to the office after this date will receive late charges, as per New York State Town Law.

B. CURRENT READING corresponds to the later of the billing period dates and the PREVIOUS READING to the earlier date. A reading of 1233 means 1,233,000 gallons; three zeros are omitted. Zeros are also omitted from the USAGE figure (next to the DAYS IN PERIOD figure).

C. The DAYS IN PERIOD results from these dates and represents the number of days between meter readings.

D. Your GALLONS PER DAY AVERAGE is shown at the left middle portion of the bill. The calculation is done as follows (refer to the bill above):

Usage ÷ Days in period = GALLONS PER DAY AVERAGE
162,000 ÷ 99 = 1636.3636

That is, 162,000 gallons usage, divided by 99 days in the billing period, results in an average of 1,636 gallons used each day.

E. Look for messages in this section of the bill.

F. BILLING PERIOD dates represent the dates your water meter was read.