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It was brought to my attention yesterday by a savvy County employee that the sewer service charge is determined by your water bill in January and February. That is when we are supposed to get rain, so outdoor watering would be minimal to nonexistent, all your water use would be from inside the house, hence, it will be going to the sewer plant and subject to a charge to clean it up and pump it.
So, if you are repurposing your tank and are doing the trenching during those months, you will be filling your tank and adding the bleach to disinfect it. Whether your tank is 800 gallons or 1200 gallons, that is a lot of water, and that will be on your water bill as "indoor use" water, even though it is not.
When doing their trenching, some have reported that a tanker truck will come with water to fill the tank and then pump it back out again after doing the bleach process. These "tanker truck" customers will not have a water bill that is actually from their water purveyor, so this won't count as "sewer use."
Think about this before scheduling your trenching then. If you can get cheap, outside water that doesn't come from your home's water service, your sewer bill won't reflect the increased water use!
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