What is you monthly water usage?

[starflyte1]

I have posted about a water leak in another thread, but just called the water company about our VERY high water usage. They said it looked like we just use a lot of water. 30,000+, almost twice what our previous home used. And homes the homes were similar. They did agree to check the meter.

I am curious. Would you mind telling me how much water you use a month?

[outlaw]

30,000 gallons is a lot! Unless you are doing a lot of watering of your yard. We use 3000-4000 gals/mon w/o much yard watering. Now, with more watering of the yard, we are using about 10000-20000.

[villagetinker]

I have posted about a water leak in another thread, but just called the water company about our VERY high water usage. They said it looked like we just use a lot of water. 30,000+, almost twice what our previous home used. And homes the homes were similar. They did agree to check the meter.

I am curious. Would you mind telling me how much water you use a month?

Starflyte1,
You do not state the size of your lot which will make a big difference in water usage. We have a 12,000+ sq. ft. lot, and are currently using over 10,000 gal, and I just adjusted the settings on our controller. I had Jim Baumgardener out and he found a broken spray head which I am sure contributed to the excessive water usage. I am hoping that this will bring the usage down to a more reasonable level.

[Bogie Shooter]

I have posted about a water leak in another thread, but just called the water company about our VERY high water usage. They said it looked like we just use a lot of water. 30,000+, almost twice what our previous home used. And homes the homes were similar. They did agree to check the meter.

I am curious. Would you mind telling me how much water you use a month?

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[Fred R]

I am watering twice a week. 4 zones, 25 minutes on 2 zones and 20 minutes on the other 2. Last month, 4400 gallons, month before when I was in residence, 7400 gallons.

[Lisa64]

We received a very high water bill this month. Our lot is about 8, 000 square feet. We are not there now and used almost 27, 000 gallons for irrigation. I don't understand how it could be so high. Our water is set to go on twice a week. We live in Dunedin and the water prices are higher.

[biker1]

That's a lot of water. Did you just have a big jump in water usage from last month? If so, and the frequency and length of watering hasn't changed, then you could have a leak or broken sprinkler heads.

We received a very high water bill this month. Our lot is about 8, 000 square feet. We are not there now and used almost 27, 000 gallons for irrigation. I don't understand how it could be so high. Our water is set to go on twice a week. We live in Dunedin and the water prices are higher.

[dbussone]

I have a large corner lot to irrigate. I run 8 zones 3 times per week. The zones run from 25 - 45 minutes and I generally use 19,000 gallons this time of year.


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[RickeyD]

I have a large corner lot to irrigate. I run 8 zones 3 times per week. The zones run from 25 - 45 minutes and I generally use 19,000 gallons this time of year.


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Hopefully you're enjoying this extra square footage, not just your neighbors. [emoji21]


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[dbussone]

Hopefully you're enjoying this extra square footage, not just your neighbors. [emoji21]


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RD - I am. Our lot is encircled by an Invisible Fence so Harry can run around as he wishes. (Harry is our dog.) Our grandchildren also enjoy it.


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[asianthree]

We received a very high water bill this month. Our lot is about 8, 000 square feet. We are not there now and used almost 27, 000 gallons for irrigation. I don't understand how it could be so high. Our water is set to go on twice a week. We live in Dunedin and the water prices are higher.

Ours was 30,000 gallons this month too interior lot cottage. Help coming Monday will post what is wrong.

[rexxfan]

For what its worth here's our usage since we bought our house in Spring 2015. After a couple of months our house watch provider (Jamie at Lighthouse) informed us our sprinkler controller appeared to be broken and was watering nearly every day. He arranged for it to be replaced and since then our usage has been much more reasonable. We have a medium-sized corner lot and water twice a week. We were here from October thru the end of April this year. The first number is inside usage, the second outside. There does seem to be quite an uptick in outside usage this Spring. I am presuming its because of all the dry weather.

May 40/23940
Jun 30/22260
Jul 50/7760
Aug 30/3600
Sep 50/6110
Oct 960/6130
Nov 3470/7280
Dec 2790/5390
Jan 2770/5520
Feb 3200/5180
Mar 3050/10170
Apr 3480/10090
May 150/11040
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[Topspinmo]

IMO Most irrigation sprinklers heads are out of adjustment. I see some spraying driveways or streets. Most don't monitor their system and waste water letting it run down the storm drains. Water running off down the storm drain doing nothing but wasting water.

If it was me I would first see if I have any sprinklers heads out of adjustment, second I would see if any water runs down the storm drain and make adjustment in timer.

IMO If you running your irrigation system for 15 or more minutes two time week your going to us a LOT of water which IMO at least 1/3 running down the drain IMO. I walk in the mornings ever time I pass storm drain grate I hear water rushing down the line and it's not raining causing it.

IMO There is fine line between waste and excessive mowing. More you water the more it cost, the more you yard needs mowed, and in some cases causes disease.

[starflyte1]

Derrick, from the water company, came out today. It was the sprinkler system timing set up. We were watering 2 times in 5 hours. So, he dropped one of those times, plus dropped the third day each week.

He figured that each time we water, we use 1900 gal. Cancelled two of those per week and figure we were using 16,000 gal of water extra! Perfect!

My fault, because we moved in in December. The house had been inspected as was the irrigation system, so, like a dunce, I did not check the system.

I should have checked the timer. Or at least insisted someone from the water company come out. It took him 10 minutes to figure it out, plus gave a lesson on the meter.

I am a bit embarrassed, because I thought I was sharper than that!

[RickeyD]

Derrick, from the water company, came out today. It was the sprinkler system timing set up. We were watering 2 times in 5 hours. So, he dropped one of those times, plus dropped the third day each week.



He figured that each time we water, we use 1900 gal. Cancelled two of those per week and figure we were using 16,000 gal of water extra! Perfect!



My fault, because we moved in in December. The house had been inspected as was the irrigation system, so, like a dunce, I did not check the system.



I should have checked the timer. Or at least insisted someone from the water company come out. It took him 10 minutes to figure it out, plus gave a lesson on the meter.



I am a bit embarrassed, because I thought I was sharper than that!



But your lawn must look nice !

[starflyte1]

RickyD, thanks, it does!

[TheLeBlancs]

I had a similar problem. They kept telling me it was us, but we went away for a month and the water usage was still high, and it should have been zero!
I INSISTED they come and check the meter and the hook ups. It turned out that when our house was built our irrigation water was hooked up to our house water meter and vice versa. It sounds like you could have the same problem. They were able to adjust and credit us etc. Good luck.

[jflynn1]

Is this potable or irrigation or both?

[Lisa64]

Thanks. We will be there next week. We are going to look into the high water usage also.

[biker1]

Does this mean that irrigation water is flowing to your house and potable water is irrigating your lawn??

I had a similar problem. They kept telling me it was us, but we went away for a month and the water usage was still high, and it should have been zero!
I INSISTED they come and check the meter and the hook ups. It turned out that when our house was built our irrigation water was hooked up to our house water meter and vice versa. It sounds like you could have the same problem. They were able to adjust and credit us etc. Good luck.

[rjm1cc]

Derrick, from the water company, came out today. It was the sprinkler system timing set up. We were watering 2 times in 5 hours. So, he dropped one of those times, plus dropped the third day each week.

He figured that each time we water, we use 1900 gal. Cancelled two of those per week and figure we were using 16,000 gal of water extra! Perfect!

My fault, because we moved in in December. The house had been inspected as was the irrigation system, so, like a dunce, I did not check the system.

I should have checked the timer. Or at least insisted someone from the water company come out. It took him 10 minutes to figure it out, plus gave a lesson on the meter.

I am a bit embarrassed, because I thought I was sharper than that!

If you never used a sprinkler system setting it up wrong or not changing from new grass t established is common. Be sure to mention to new residences to check the systems.

[44Apple]

Re this topic, I've got our irrigation system set to four zones, twice a week at 42 minutes each. My irrigation readings for the past four months have been, Apr 5,330, May 9,870, June 14,350, and July 16,190. Does this point to a messed up sprinkler head(s), or is something else going on? I'm up North right now. Thanks.

[JoelJohnson]

When you plan to be out of the house for a few hours, make sure you are not running the dishwasher or a load of laundry, check the meter reading before you go and when you return. Simple - no movement = no leak.

I did that and found one of the valves on the sprinkler system did not shut off all the way. A small leak can (and does) add up to a lot of gallons over time.

[royr]

Can anyone recommend someone to check for irrigation leaks?
I got a very high bill in June, 22,550 galloons. I checked the timer and looked at every sprinkler as I walked around the house. No obvious leaks. I looked at the meter when the irrigation system was off and the dial was not moving.
I checked the zones and I am watering twice a week, for a total of about 1.5 hours each time.
I just got my July bill and I used 20,630. My usage before June was averaging about 8,000.
I don't know who to have check it out, but any recommendations would be appreciated.

[rubicon]

Our outside watering usage changes every month. I think it is difficult to compare with others because of the size of the lot ( the # of and type of irrigation heads needed) the # of times a week one waters and the length of time alloted for each head. Does the owner have a pool? Spa? Did the owner wash down the lanai birdgage house
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