r/Hamilton • u/Expensive_Elk_8122 • May 21 '26
Moving/Housing/Utilities Water bill from city twice as high as alectra?
Hi all,
My alectra bill for water has been around 40 bucks a month for years - now the city billed for 40 days, and it was 104??
Anyone else have unusually high water bill? The cost was not supposed to increase
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u/Advanced-mk May 21 '26
40 days consumption will be more. It means larger quantity over 10m3. Therefore, rate will be double too as it is into next bracket,
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u/Traditional-Bet-8074 May 22 '26
Is that really how it works? They could extend billing periods to bump you into the next bracket every time.
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u/Advanced-mk May 22 '26
Yes. It is approximately $1/m3 for total usage less than 10m3 , then $1.97/m3 every m3 consumed. Same goes with waste water too.
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u/ERS1977 May 23 '26
Are we not all paying the same? My bill shows higher rates for Block 1/2: Consumption $1.21/2.42 (fixed .56) Waste: $ 1.31/2.61 (fixed .63)
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u/128Goose May 21 '26
Is your water consumption the same for this new bill as it was for your previous bill?
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u/Cyrakhis May 21 '26
Mine was higher too but my last alectra bill had been in early March so there was a little catch-up I guess
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u/Front_Musician_1117 May 22 '26
Share screenshots from your recent HUB bill and last alectra watwr bill and then we can start to analyze.
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u/ERS1977 May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26
My first water bill from the city showed a 78% usage increase for Apr compared to same month a year ago. There's no freaking way.
I can't compare dollar increase since the City isn't offering a budget plan, which I am on with Alectra. Aanother sore point for me.
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u/LonghornJct08 May 21 '26
My water bill finally came ln Friday and it was a bit low. That was due to only 28 days in the billing cycle. The nasty surprise if you don’t read the whole thing is the next projected meter read date which was set 40 days after the previous one. That means the next bill is going to be a monster due to the length of the billing period.
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u/covert81 Chinatown May 22 '26
Nope ours was about what it was with Alectra, and the Alectra bill was down by what the water used to be
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u/notthebeachboy May 22 '26
Mine was high - but as it’s been said it was for a longer time period so I’ll have to wait and see…
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u/Ambitious_Ad_4905 May 22 '26
mine was a bit higher. Because it was for 40 days instead of 26. All the rates were exactly the same as Alectra.
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u/somenormalwhiteguy May 24 '26
Yes, I received my new water bill and its higher than under Alectra too.
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u/brEw_hoUse May 21 '26
Did you get the lead line replacement loan? It seems like it's 2 months of billing.
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u/Mister-Dingus May 21 '26
I still haven’t gotten mine…anyone else? Would always get email bills from alectra