Where water is furnished by the city by meter, the charge therefor against the owner of the property is a minimum of two dollars ($2.00) for the first one thousand (1,000) gallons. For water used in excess of one thousand (1,000) gallons, and not exceeding ten thousand (10,000) gallons, the charge is seventy five cents ($0.75) for each thousand gallons. For water used in excess of ten thousand (10,000) gallons and not exceeding twenty thousand (20,000) gallons, the charge is sixty cents ($0.60) for each thousand gallons. For all water used in excess of twenty thousand (20,000) gallons but less than forty thousand (40,000) gallons, the charge is forty five cents ($0.45) for every thousand gallons. For all water used in excess of forty thousand (40,000) gallons but less than sixty thousand (60,000) gallons, the charge is thirty five cents ($0.35) for every thousand gallons. For all water used in excess of sixty thousand (60,000) gallons but less than one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons, the charge is thirty cents ($0.30) for every thousand gallons. For all water used in excess of one hundred thousand (100,000) gallons, the charge is twenty five cents ($0.25) for each thousand gallons. (Prior code § 1-913)