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Old 08-13-2025, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Berferful View Post
We’re new homeowners here and looking at our water bill. I’m only watering 50 minutes total between the three zones 3 times a week. Does the 5000 gallons seem too high? It does to me since I’m only using a little more than half of that for my potable water. How can I check this? Thanks.
Typical irrigation system (or any garden hose) flows at about 9 gallons per minute. So, that's 450 gallons per watering; at 3x / week, that's 1350 gallons / week; at 4 weeks per month, that's 5400 gallons / month.

I think your water bill is spot on.