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We recently switched from frontage billing to metered billing and are considering whether to have one of these water auditing companies review our situation and see whether we can realize any savings in the future.
I have 2 questions: 1) How can such a company determine that we can obtain a savings in the future when we have no baseline water meter readings in the first place? I note that under the proposed contracts, these companies will claim a percentage of future savings for a period of years. How can we/they tell that we wouldn't have cut our bills merely by switching to metered billing in the first place?
2) What is the range of percentages and time periods usually demanded/requested by these companies for obtaining prospective water cost reductions? Do we have any bargaining power?
Thanks a lot for the info.
Could you give me some contact info for O'Keefe & Associates? Googling turned up no such firm/individual.
Hi Newbie - I cant find it either. but the other company comes well recommended.
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First of all you should have your past water bill analysed for overbilling ASAP.
You can try either of these companies. They do NOT charge up-front but, rather, take a percentage of what they save you. You can google them for the phone numbers.
Okeefe and Associates: they charge 15%of what they save.
Ashokan: charges 1/3 or about 33%.
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