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We had the same issue. Our house closed 6/22. It is a new build so for the 1st month we were told to water 7 days a week for 40 min. Each time. The bill for about 10 days was for 17,000+ gal. We had our home watch lady change it to three days a week at 40 min. Each. The bill for that mo.---part 7 days and part 3 days was way high--39,180 gal. The third bill was high also about 19,000 gal. I asked a landscaper to go over to the house and do a landscape estimate and he said the grass was yellowish and we should only water 2days a week for 15 minutes every time. The caretaker just changed to this last week so we will see what the next bill is. These 1st three bills are for lawn water only.

I called home warranty and they sent Tri-county over (they installed the system) and they told our caretaker that they have disabled the 3 diff. Cycle settings because too many people were having high water bills.

Our electric bill has gone down each month with running the sprinklers less. It was only $30 this past mo.Zombie bees reported in Kent, first in Washington - Northwest - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington news, weather and sports