I have had a water bill of $30-$40 for the past 20 years in my house. In the month of March, suddenly I had a $140 bill, followed by $32 bill in April. When I called the water company, they said there was no way that the meter could be wrong, particularly because the bill went back down the next month. I know there was no unusual usage to explain the jump but I can't prove what I did not use. If there were a leak I didn't know about, the bill would not have gone back down, (and my toilets have never run). They say the meters never read high when they are broken. Seems convenient. The meter in the house is consistent with their current reading, but can anyone explain this? Is it possible for the meter to just jump up due to a failing spring in the meter or something? I need to prove that it is possible to get a false read that shows more usage than was actually used.

Is the reading not shown, if it was XXX one month, and YYY the next month with the high bill, then it was DDD the next month, and you go look at the reading, you should know.

Do they use "estimated" monthly readings, many readers don't actually read it each month, they go out every 4 to 6 months and then that bill is either less or more.

But I would go with them, if it is back right now