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Help me out with something please, ST. We received our water bill today for Sep/Nov. Last year during the same period we used 6591 gal.

Posted by elf kelly (aka kelly) Nov 21 '13, 19:16

This Sep/Nov we (supposedly) used 31720 gal.

Nothing has really changed that much from last year to this year. We had a toilet that wouldn't shut off - that was fixed in September. So that would explain last quarter's jump (22510 gal) but I can't figure out why we would be so freakin' high this quarter.

Is there something I might be forgetting? What might cause a jump like that? Our shower/dishwasher habits haven't changed really all that much in the last year.

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Do they measure on a lag? -- nm - rollo Nov 21, 20:18 2
- That's a good point. Maybe the 31Kgal bill was for a previous month's usage -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 20:27 1
  - for electricity here, they estimate month to month usage and then adjust the subsequent month's usage for last month's deviation from the estimate -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 20:29
Watering the lawn? My wife called and yelled at the water company one quarter until I reminded her we had new grass. -- nm - spamlet Nov 21, 19:38 1
- Never, heh. -- nm - elf kelly Nov 21, 19:39
That's a hell of a multiplier. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 21, 19:32 11
- I know, right? Here are the last 5 quarters: - elf kelly Nov 21, 19:36 10
  - Is the water meter inside the house? If it's at the street or something it could be a leak between there and the house... -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 19:39 5
    - I...have no idea where it is, actually. -- nm - elf kelly Nov 21, 19:40 4
      - Figuring that out is step one. If they're not just misreading the meter you know whatever's happening is on the house side of the meter. -- nm - Ender Nov 21, 20:06 3
        
        Would we be on the hook for that? -- nm - elf kelly Nov 21, 20:07 2
        
        My gut says "probably", but you'd want to run that by the water supplier if that turns out to be the issue. - Ender Nov 21, 20:13 1
        
        So, if there was a leak somewhere between the house and the meter? Ugh. -- nm - elf kelly Nov 21, 20:23
  - the toilet running is a huge drain, we had that problem -- nm - groiny Nov 21, 19:38 3
    - But that would explain Jun-Aug. That shouldn't have mattered much this last quarter. - elf kelly Nov 21, 19:39 2
      - no dripping faucets? -- nm - groiny Nov 21, 19:41 1
        
        no. -- nm - elf kelly Nov 21, 19:41
Have them come out and do a manual reading - prayformojo Nov 21, 19:29 2
- This was a manual reading -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 21, 19:35 1
  - If you didn't have two biig bills back to back it could have been the opposite issue. - Ender Nov 21, 20:09
Check for leaks. Call the Water company, they will come out and search -- nm - amoxy Nov 21, 19:26
check everything. outdoor spigots or leaky hose or sprinkler system. -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 21, 19:21 1
- The 2 outdoor spigots are both dry. No water in the area. -- nm - elf kelly Nov 21, 19:31

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Help me out with something please, ST. We received our water bill today for Sep/Nov. Last year during the same period we used 6591 gal.

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