Taking a peek at only one single Special District Service Plan, the Independence Water And Sanitation Service Plan (there’s 6 total), I broke out what I considered a typical Colorado Spring/Summer/Fall month for water and sewer costs.  Mind you this is only water and sewer costs per month.  It does NOT include infrastructure, streets, roads, HOA, parks, storm sewers, or anything else. ONLY water and sewer.

I gathered the info direct from their Independence Water and Sanitation Service Plan.

The numbers broke down like this:

District Base Fee = $21/mo
Water Use Base Fee = $45/mo
Water Usage Fee @ 12,001 Gal/mo = $60/mo
Irrigation Use Base Fee (Apr-Oct) = $25/mo
Irrigation Usage Fee @  7,200 g/mo = $26/mo
Sanitary Sewer = $60/mo

Total = $237/month for water and sewer. Almost 3 grand a year.

Oh, and a Tap Fee of $27,500 per home that’s built into the price of your home at purchase.

Think I’ll stick with my rural county well and septic, eh?

Buyer Beware.