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Originally Posted by tophcfa
It has absolutely nothing to do with how dry the months are, the irrigation system is on a timer and we don’t have a rain sensor in our system. The irrigation runs the same amount every week regardless, every Sunday and Wednesday night starting at 2 A.M. Our irrigation water usage is always constant throughout the year, and I realize that north of 466 the irrigation uses potable water (which I like because I don’t have to worry about stray irrigation water going into our pool). My problem is that our bill shows much higher water usage, and associated sewer charges, when we are not there and our water is turned off (the irrigation is on a bypass from the valve that shuts off water from the house and hose bib). When we are there, the water to the house is obviously turned on and we use significantly more water, yet our bills indicate lower water usage and sewer charges. So when we aren’t there, the water is off, and we are using much less water and not putting anything in the sewer, yet our bills are higher? Reconcile that!
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Sounds like you are getting screwed! It would also be a good idea to install a rain sensor because it is really silly to be paying to water the yard and paying sewer on that water when you don’t need to be watering at all. My irrigation stays off almost the whole Summer and here lately it definitely hasn’t been needed