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Originally Posted by ROCKETMAN

The guy from the water dept. just left. Was a bad reading, said they have been having problems with the wands they use to read them. i actually went out and checked it myself before he came and i could see the reading on the bill was incorreect.

Very interesting.... my irrigation usage more than doubled this past month, from 4,020 gallons to 10,410 gallons with no changes in the settings. Looking at the calendar...8 watering cycles last period and 9 this time. Might be worth a call. It would be no big deal if it self corrected next month, but, with our tiered pricing that extra 6K gallons get pretty expensive and won't be made up for by a lower reading next month.

Another thing I just discovered.... the meter box on my neighbor's property says "irrigation" and the one on my property says "potable". I believe each box has meters for two houses (this is a designer neighborhood) so it is possible that one's potable reading is correct and irrigation is incorrect (or vice versa).

Was talking with a friend from next village over and his irrigation usage was also way off. These houses are 6 years old so in the same general area as Rocketman, the OP.

OK, now the fun of prying off the cover to get to the meter....or, just calling the water company.

Thanks for starting this thread, Rocketman, and for reporting the results.