Is it against the law to combine everyone’s water bill who lives in a apartment building?
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Is it against the law to combine everyone’s water bill who lives in a apartment building?
Then divide it by how many people live with you.
Asked on December 22, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Michigan
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Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Whether or not it is illegal for each rental in the apartment building where you reside not to have its own separate water meter depends upon the local ordinanace in effect. I suggest that you go down to your local building and permit department and water department to ask of your water meter needs to be segregated out to each unit being rented to determine what each unit uses.
In most situations that I have seen where there is one water meter for several units, the landlord pays the water but charges the tenant a higher monthly rental.
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