Managing Water and Electric included in Rent

[Christopher Bunge]

Hello all! I have a Triplex and we were unable to separate the water and electric into separate meters. I'm curious if any of you have an ideas on how I can track usage? Did you put something specific in your lease stating the usage requirements and consequences for over usage? The issue is even if the usage is excessive, I can't track who is over using and it seems unfair to charge everyone for one persons ignorance. Any ideas welcome. 

[Kenneth Garrett]

@Christopher Bunge

In my 4 unit, I installed submeters.  I had each electrical panel in the same location in the utility room and installed 4 meters.  I then took the bill, calculated the total kw for the billing cycle and divided up the use of each meter.  Whatever was left over was the the common area useage or my use.