LukeK
New Member
Helping a friend.
It’s a 2 person, 3 bath home. No pool. No irrigation system. On septic. Normal usage is about 4000 gallons. Last month bill just shy of 55,000 gallons. Water department says toilet leak. Low flow indicator rock steady over 20 minutes. So no leak. No way home septic can handle that much.
Friend said no hose was used and house only has one spigot. In talking with water department meter read to them and confirmed by water department tech later and this month say used 103,000 gallons!!! Insisting they get a plumber to fix the leak. I did bucket test and hose would have to run 24/7 for 7 days or 15 days for 100k.
Water techs checked meter and said it match at 5 gallons to test meter. My question is can a meter fail by up counting usage? They say not possible only less. Thoughts?
It’s a 2 person, 3 bath home. No pool. No irrigation system. On septic. Normal usage is about 4000 gallons. Last month bill just shy of 55,000 gallons. Water department says toilet leak. Low flow indicator rock steady over 20 minutes. So no leak. No way home septic can handle that much.
Friend said no hose was used and house only has one spigot. In talking with water department meter read to them and confirmed by water department tech later and this month say used 103,000 gallons!!! Insisting they get a plumber to fix the leak. I did bucket test and hose would have to run 24/7 for 7 days or 15 days for 100k.
Water techs checked meter and said it match at 5 gallons to test meter. My question is can a meter fail by up counting usage? They say not possible only less. Thoughts?