Refunds to be Issued to 2,368 Water Customers

About 40 percent of Buffalo Grove’s Lake County residents will receive a refund on their next water bill as the result of an .

The agreement, which came a month after many residents saw a spike in their water bills, will result in credits ranging from $1 to $791 on the November bill, Village Manager Dane Bragg said.

Bragg said that of 5,878 residents billed for Lake County sewer services, 2,368 will be issued a credit.

The average Lake County home used a total of 20,000 gallons of water during July and August, up from 12,000 gallons during non-peak bill cycles between September 2010 and May 2011, Bragg said.

As a result, the average consumer was charged $143 for water and sewer use, with $80 of that fee assessed for Lake County sewer service.