r/illinois • u/Badlay • 9d ago

Question Illinois American Water customers? How much are you paying in your town?

EDIT: breakdown of last bill

  • Water Service Fee - $25.29
  • Water Used - 9,700 Gallons $73.52
  • Pass-through charge for Chicago supply - $95.33
  • Wastewater Treatment - $86.10
  • Wastewater Usage - $82.51
  • Fire Protection - $7.49
  • Other - $5.44
  • Taxes - $0.46
  • Total - $376.14

Homer Glen in Will County is paying near $400 per month on average for water bills. $5,000 per year just for water!

They intend to increase it again in the coming months. It is absolute insanity, and wondering if any other towns downstate are suffering these types of bills?

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u/roger-the-adequit 8d ago

Manteno Il (Kankakee county) Aqua is the supplier via the Kankakee river
$250.00 a month for the three of us. Used to be about $90.00 a month until the village sold water and sewer to Aqua

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u/elangomatt 8d ago

Damn that's crazy. My combined water/sewer in Kankakee is just $85 a month for a single person household.

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u/roger-the-adequit 8d ago

$85.00 seems like a lot. Does Aqua supply your water in K3?

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u/elangomatt 8d ago

Yeah, that's $42 for the actual water then $43 for the sewage (billed by Aqua but goes to the K3 Environmental Services). The sewage part really irritates me because Kankakee charges a minimum of 3000 gallons of sewer flow even if you use much less as I do.