[0:00] no matter how you tap it odds are you [0:03] know someone who acts like water is free [0:05] possibly a neighbor a spouse a teenager [0:08] it's not free but compared to other [0:10] liquids it's pretty darn close gallon of [0:13] gas that'll run you about three bucks [0:15] gallon of milk three more bucks gallon [0:17] of water piped directly to your home [0:19] with 247 access at points all over your [0:22] house three 1000 of a dollar 1,000 [0:26] gallons of Prior Lake water on average [0:29] runs you the little more than three [0:30] bucks you don't even have to go [0:32] somewhere to pump it you don't have to [0:34] wake up to milk it with one simple flip [0:36] of the finger clean properly treated [0:38] healthy water is at your disposal [0:42] disposal city has you covered there too [0:44] water and other waste flows through [0:46] sewer pipes away from your home most of [0:49] the time you don't even have to do a [0:50] thing it just goes away dish waterby [0:53] close washer bye-by toilet waste bye-bye [0:56] it all ends up here in chapi at the Blue [0:58] Lake Water Resource recovery facility [1:01] where there's a cost to have it treated [1:03] how it gets here well it's quite a ride [1:06] due to the city's topography Rolling [1:08] Hills and the Lake Prior Lake has 41 [1:11] lift stations dotted all over the city [1:14] to help things move along the lift [1:16] stations are millions of dollars worth [1:18] of equipment that require regular [1:20] maintenance and replacement to prevent [1:22] things from clogging up the system just [1:24] a little FYI for the next time you see [1:27] your utility b l l