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Originally Posted by frose
Just received my final ccd bill and I want to know why if my irrigation system is set the same every week why is the water usage not the same, in some cases significantly higher or lower. How can this be. Do the meter readers guess at what it should be. Potable water I understand usage varies by use, but irrigation should be the same every month if nothing is changed. What gives!!! Does anyone know????
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Read your meter and track your own usage. Verify how much you use per cycle. Match your cycle to the CCD bill cycle. Posters can only guess what you can certainly verify. Your reading after a run cycle should be the same as the reading just before the next run cycle.
Make sure you understand your Controller in your garage and how it functions regarding Programs start times and whether they or on or off. My controller is from 2006 but it has options for 12 different programs A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1, C2, C3, C4. I normally run 1 Program ( ie A1) for which I schedule a start time, Zone run times and days of the week to run. The rest of the option programs are off.
You can also change the usage by turning system on/off during periods of heavier rain which is June, July, August and September in our area, Rain in those months averages 7 to 8 inches verse 3 to 4 inches in the rest of the months. No sense to water just after a rain storm. If your rain sensor is working well, you may be able to let the system take care of that issue.
At one time I found that I was double watering because I had mistakenly activated two programs (ie A1 and A2) to the same time and day runs. Even though A1 and A2 had same start time, A1 would run first and after complete Program A2 would start.
Have fun!