Wife just sent me an email. We have a $200 water bill. The city says we used 8,000 gallons in 2 days. They didn't believe it either and double checked, and it is right, unless the meter is screwed. I dont see anything that would have me thinking there is a leak (no evidence).

If there is a busted water line under the foundation (floating slab), how would one check that?

 

dayum that sucks jamz...especially since it works out to $40.00 a gallon for water! Uh...here goes another thread on high water prices.

 

8K gals in 2 days under the foundation of your house... Your house would sink! I woud think you would know it!

If you didnt fill up a pool or something, I would definatly argue it.

 

I had the same problem only mine was $340. Turns out they replaced a meter without me knowing and reset the numbers or some crap wrong. They said they couldnt' verify it was a problem. Well after a number of "give me your boss"s and the like they finally averaged my bill over the last 3 and I've never had a problem since.

 

Well it takes electricity to run the pumps/filters to get water to your house...It takes fuel to make electricity, Fuel is high so naturally the increase in over head the city is getting for increas in the cost of the electricity due to fuel cost. They are going to pass that down to the end users.

 

Not possible Jamz....I would argue....something is wrong with the metering system....

 

I know fella's, it is making no sense to me either. I dont see any water in the yard, drive way, no pool, I havent watered the grass all year, the garden is done, I'm not watering anything.

I am frustrated/confused.

 

Its a mis-read of the meter buddy...gotta be that or a defective meter. You don't have a neighbor that might hook his hose to your faucet at night do you?

 

make sure all water is off and check your meter to see if it is still running. if so, you have a leak. You can check for hot spots in case it is from a copper hot water line that is under the slab. I had this once. A pain to repair. If not on the hot water side, some plumbers can listen with a stethascope and hear water flowing and locate the leak. If the meter was not moving when all water is off, then it has to be a malfunctioning meter. Good luck.

 

The meters around here have a leak indicator. Do what BlueJay said and in one of teh upper corners there is a red triangle. If it is turning while all water is off you have a leak!

 

Jamz, you're just going to have to bend over and take it.

 

Our In ground pools holds just under 30,000 gallons.
I think you'd notice a 8000 gallon leak

 

Jamz:

The way homes are generally constructed here in Texas, there should be no water supply lines whatsoever in the slab. If you look at where you water comes in, you should see that it enters your house about 3' up the wall and then heads on up into the attic. All supply lines should be fed from the attic down to the valve location.

The only water lines that should go through the slab would be waste lines. Additionally, you are correct -- if 8000 gallons had leaked out under your slab or in your yard, you probably would know it.

Good luck!

 

Don't let the man get you down Jamz....hey...on a similar note....how high is gas down by you?.....it is $3.29 here now....

 

In this part of Texas, they run the lines in the sand before they pour the slab. Then, when you use the water, the lines can viberate as you turn it off and on, rub against a small rock in the sand and cut the copper line. The way you repair it is to jackhammer the slab over the leak, fix it and patch the slab. Has happened to me twice. Yes, most likeley that is too much water, but you never know. The water in Texas can go underground in a hurry. Lots of underground water flowing.