$10 dollar water bill is scary?
Ours is usually three times that, except in summer when we run the sprinkler system, which leads to $50 dollar water bills.
One thing I think is BS is that they charge us on the same bill a percentage of water usage for sewage (flushing toilets, washing dishes) disposal. Even though half of our water goes onto the garden and grass, we still get a bump for the sewage part of the bill.
Sounds like Mafia crap to me, but we have to pay it!