Post Date:09/01/2026 4:52 PMYour summer water bill covers two months of use, and for most customers those two months include the heaviest watering weeks of the year. Depending on your billing cycle, that bill arrives sometime between now and late fall.
Outdoor watering is the largest swing in household water use. A lawn or garden takes far more water than anything happening inside the house, and it runs for weeks. When irrigation stops, use drops back to normal. That rise and fall is the ordinary shape of the year, not a sign that something is wrong.
If you're curious how this season compared, your own billing history will tell you. Log in to the online customer portal and look at the same period across several years, not just last summer. One year is a single comparison. Several years show how your household actually uses water, and how much of that use tracks the weather. A hot dry summer and a mild one produce different bills for the same household with the same habits.
If something in that history doesn't add up — use that stays high after the sprinklers are off, for instance — customer service can help you figure out why. Call (360) 424-7104.Return to full list >>
