With budget billing, your bill amount is based on an average of your prior year’s bills. The amount is calculated by taking your total billed amounts from November to October for the past year, dividing by 12, and adding 5%. This amount will be your bill amount for the next 12 months. At the end of the 12 months, you may have a settle up amount or a credit depending on if you use more or less water than the prior year. To qualify for budget billing, you need a year’s history and a letter to the water/sewer dept. by the end of September requesting to be put on budget billing.