I am in fl cntral,ihave plastickk metter,septic tank.shalow water sprinklers well,in house 3 person -me ,wife and 12 years old son-average water use is 6090 gal,but monthy use in past 12 month is from2850 to 12030 (four times more),but last use 30 780.00.I have not pool,jacuzzi!When every recivers is shut down(even ice maker)meter is still!-thats mean no leaks between meter and house! 30 000.00 gallons fill up two average pools, if I have leaks in toilet -ie! My septick is 30 times overfloat!(but is no liks!),my septicks is epted 2 years ago ,and is not full
My qesstio is!:
Can meter is bad?city of oviedodo not want chnge 20 year old meter for new,they propose me change and test test old one on me(couple hundred),if they conect my old meter before test meter looks OK! but I -even I want!want I can not use 30 000 gal /month!
Please give me some advice what can be reaso,and what mto do?

Hi Bohdan:

As far as I know... very rare for a meter to go bad... but it has happened. From where I sit... couple hundred to test doesn't sound bad as long as the couple hundred is refundable if they find that the meter is defective. Could save you some big bucks... right?

Also note, that sometimes, people steal water... say a constrcution crew working nearby... or a bad neighbor... rare here, also, but it has happened before and we have talked to people on it here on this site so consider that, too. Chek to see if city was working in your area recently... never know.

Let us know what you think...

MARK

I have only one neibhor(corner lot),and he have ''two left hand''-i eliminate stiling!
Not new development in one mile radius.
Hook up to my outside foset-imposible!
3/8 insiude plastic piping-from valves in garage give wery low pressure,
1033 gal/day is size of two big jacuzi,or one my 1000 gallons septic tankwiyh I empty 2 years ago!
I still not understand

If you have checked and found no hidden leaks then The first thing I would suspect would be a faulty meter. Yes, they do go bad. I had a water bill that spiked back a few years ago. I requested they replace the meter and check the consumption. They didn't like it but they replaced the meter and my usage went back to normal. Insist they replace your meter. Good luck, Tom

Last 12 mo usage the water was 2850gal to 12030gal/mo.Last 35 days I use2980gal.Always 3 people in house!
Can faulty meter ''go crazy""?-sometime stop,than go fast?

New development:today reading on this meter is exactly like yesterday,when I open garden hose big needle noy moving ,same small red triangle.Now city must replace meter

Meters also measure air in the lines. Spurting from the garden hose faucet would be evidence of this.

Thaks every body for help!Your replays give mi clue how fight with city! At last they exchange the meter for electronic one with antena,leak alert ,by ''neptune''.I want high rate all of you,but I no see any scale,or ''rate this ansver,

Rating an answer and agreeing just adds to our overall rating which is somehow represented by the green bar.

e.g.
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/members/keepitsimplestupid.html

The orange "Rate this answer" link occurs after either a certain amount of time or posts. I know you can't do it on the first day.

I do hope you get it resoloved.

Flushmaster has new toilet valves out now, that will not allow your toilet to "run" forever. It somehow detects that the handle must be moved first.