| The Town of Walkersville has the constant goal to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our drinking water meets all federal and state safe drinking water requirements. We are committed to ensuring the quality of your water.
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Walkersville abides by and enforces the Maryland Governors Mandatory Drought restrictions
learn more at www.mde.state.md.us
In addition, Walkersville has a permanent, year-round water ban that prohibits lawn watering
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Contact the Town of Walkersville at 301-845-4500
The water rate values indicated below were adopted March 22, 2006 for water consumption beginning April 1, 2006; rates are subject to change with sufficient public notice.
Call the Town Office to verify the current water rates.
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CONSUMPTION (gallons)
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IN TOWN
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OUT OF TOWN
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INDUSTRIAL
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0 - 10,000
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$40.00
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$60.00 |
$40.00 |
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10,001 - 25,000
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$2.55 / 1,000 gal |
$3.82 / 1,000 gal |
$1.94 / 1,000 gal |
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25,000 - 50,000
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$4.20 / 1,000 |
$6.30 / 1,000
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$3.15 / 1,000 |
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50,000 + gal
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$5.44 / 1,000 gal |
$8.16 / 1,000 gal |
$4.20 / 1,000 gal |
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COLLECTION FEE
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$20.00 |
$20.00 |
$20.00 |
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READING FEE
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$10.00 |
$20.00 |
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RECONNECT FEE
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$100.00 |
$100.00 |
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RECONNECT AFTER HOURS
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$175.00 |
$175.00 |
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REPLACE CAP
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$30.00
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$30.00 |
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RETURN CHECK
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$35.00
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$35.00 |
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Water Meters are read on April 1st and October 1st of every year. Bills are mailed May 1st and November 1st. Payment is expected within 30 days of the billing date. Interest accrues at the rate of 1% per month on the outstanding balance. Failure to pay in a timely manner could result in water disconnection. There is a $100 cash reconnection fee during business hours; THERE WILL BE NO AFTER HOURS RECONNECTION AS OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 PER THE BURGESS AND COMMISSIONERS.
If you have a question about your water bill, there are several things you should consider before calling the Town Office.
If there is a significant increase, you could have a leak.
Keep past bills so you can compare your usage from billing period to billing period.
Have your account number ready
Keep in mind that your November bill will probably be higher than the one you received in May because it covers the summer months when college students are home and you're washing cars and watering lawns and flowers.
If you are having financial difficulties......
Please call the Town Office immediately to set up a payment plan. We are very willing to work out a payment schedule with you. We do request that the payments be divided so that the bill is paid in full before the next billing period.
Water is a precious commodity. Remember to use it wisely. Encourage your family to keep looking for new ways to conserve water in and around your home.
| Check EVERY faucet for Leaks - Just a slow drip can waste 15 to 20 gallons a day. Fix it and you save almost 6,000 gallons a year!!! |
| Check Toilets for Leaks Periodically. Put 5-10 drops of food coloring in each toilet tank. If, without flushing, the color showers up in the bowl within 15 minutes, you have a leak. It is not uncommon to lose up to 100 gallons a day from one of these otherwise invisible leaks. That is more than 30,000 gallons a year! |
TIPS for Conserving Water Which Could = Lower Water Bills
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Use your automatic dishwasher and washing machines for full loads only
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If you wash dishes by hand, don't leave the water running for rinsing. If you have two sinks, fill one with rinse water. If you have one sink, gather washed dishes in a dish rack and rinse them with a spray device or a panful of hot water.
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Don't let the faucet run while you clean vegetables. Just rinse them in a stoppered sink or a pan of clean water.
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Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator. Running tap water to cool it off for drinking is wasteful
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Stop using the toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket. Every time you flush a cigarette butt, facial tissue, or other small bits of trash, you waste five to seven gallons of water.
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Take shorter showers. Long, hot showers can waste five to ten gallons every unneeded minute. Limit your showers to the time it takes to soap up, wash down, and rinse off. A bath in a partially filled tub uses less water.
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Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush. There is no need to keep water pouring down the drain.
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Rinse your razor in the sink. Fill the bottom of the sink with a few inches of warm water. This will rinse your blade just as well as running water.
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Water your lawn only when it needs it. A good way to see if your lawn needs watering is to stop on the grass. If it springs back up when you move, it doesn't need water. If it stays flat, it needs a drink.
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Water your lawn and outside plants before 9 A.M. and after 6 P.M. and avoid watering on windy days. Water in several short sessions rather than one long one. For example, three ten minute sessions spaced 30 minutes to an hour apart will allow your lawn to better absorb moisture than one straight 30 minute session.
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Make sure your sprinkler is placed so it only waters the lawn, not the driveway or sidewalk. Also, avoid sprinklers that spray a fine mist which increases evaporation. A single lawn sprinkler spraying five gallons per minute uses 50% more water in just one hour than a combination of ten toilet flushes, two 5-minute showers, two dishwasher loads and a full load of clothes in the washer. So be sensible.
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Maintain a lawn height of 2.5 to 3 inches to help protect the roots from heat stress and reduce the loss of moisture to evaporation. Aerate soil at least once a year to help the soil retain moisture, discourage the growth of weeds, and provide essential nutrients.
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Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks. Five minutes of hosing will waste about 25 gallons of water.
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Tell your children not to play with the hose or sprinklers.
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If you have a swimming pool, get a cover for it. Evaporation can make hundreds, even thousands, or gallons of water disappear. An average-sized pool with average sun and wind exposure loses approximately 1,000 gallons of water per month. That's enough to keep a family of four in drinking water for nearly a year and a half. A pool cover cuts the loss by 90%.
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