We rent one side of a duplex in Everett Washington built in 2004 and presumably up to code. It has separate natural gas and electric meters for the two sides so we pay for what we use in electric and gas but the water is not separated and for the four years we've been here, the owners have just divided the water/sewer bill in half with each tenant agreeing to this in the lease. We have some qualms about our water use in relation to our neighbors and feel that we've been subsidizing them. Does the law require separate metering as with the other utilities and in a case like this where they're not, does the landlord have to foot the bill or cover it as part of the rental charge? We've never actually seen a water/sewer bill from our landlord (a rental management company)
Thanks, zac