Water bills without separate meter per unit

You should review the following article as well as this answer: http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20160328/PRINTEDITION/303249925/electric-submetering-rolls-out-in-ct    The law is silent on the issue of master metering in buildings served by wells or by municipal water utilities (including regional utilities such as the Metropolitan District Commission and the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority), which are not regulated by the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) . As a result, the issue of billing for such buildings is left to the lease or other agreement between the landlord and the tenant. In practice, some landlords include water service in the rent, while others require tenants to pay a specified part of the water bill received by the landlord, based on the number of units in the building or some other basis.   With regard to utilities regulated by DPUC (which serve approximately 30% of the state's population), Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-11-55 requires that separate premises be separately metered and billed for water service, unless the DPUC authorizes another arrangement in advance. Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-11-50 defines “premises” to include a building that includes apartments using a common hall and one or more entrances. On the other hand, the definition of “premises” also include each unit of a “multiple house” or building separated by walls and occupied by one family or business. It appears that the regulations thus permit master metering in most apartment buildings but require DPUC approval to master meter garden apartments and town homes where there is no common hall. Please call us if we can assist 203-870-6700