Most Oshkosh, Wisconsin landlords stopped paying their tenants’ electricity and gas years ago, but water is the one utility that still quietly rides inside the rent, invisible and uncontrolled. Water submetering finally puts it on the same footing as the rest. Oshkosh’s off-campus housing near UW-Oshkosh is largely older homes and small apartment buildings held by individual owners, the kind of Fox Valley stock where separating the water bill is long overdue. A student who never sees that bill has no reason to run less, so the owner covers the difference. True Submeter installs an individual water meter on each unit and invoices every tenant automatically for exactly what they use, so the full water bill comes back to you. Usage drops once it has a price, disputes over the split end, and net operating income rises, with payback typically inside six months. You already meter the power. Meter the water too.
