Originally Posted by TheLeBlancs (Post 1245296)

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.

Originally Posted by starflyte1 (Post 1245192)

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!