phantomchic Just because it is, doesn't mean it should be..... Lifetime Members 14,092 Member For: 20y 2m 6d Gender: Female Location: Noosa QLD Posted 07/02/07 12:15 PM Share Posted 07/02/07 12:15 PM HOLY GUACAMOLE!! Buffy and I had a whinge over my "excess water bill" $217.58 which was soon followed by a letter to get a checkup for a leak by a plumber and if leak was found council would remove the excess charge.I have since found out other residents have received the same letter. ITS A CONSPIRACY I SAY keep us postedpersonally I would be going with "spy hose cam" if you bust the bleep - I suggest a bottle of round up or CONDIES CRYSTALS in the hose..personally I prefer the latter, a nice purple pool and lawn would be a giveaway shaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickq Member 740 Member For: 21y 6m 27d Posted 07/02/07 12:41 PM Share Posted 07/02/07 12:41 PM Id say either the neighbour or someone parked a water tanker out the front and let it try to fill up overnight.Buy a cheap webcam, and connect it to your PC and have it film your front yard taps to see if anyone is mucking around with them. I woudl suggest taking the T bar off the top of your front yard taps too, or put a lock on. Less likely to be your back yard taps, but if your neighbours can get in and out easily and you are away often, that's a risk too. if you dont find a leak as recommended by others here, find out from your water company what happens if you report a water theft and get a police report. They may have a policy to let you off and send you a more normal bill. Given the water shortages in many places, this sort of thing will become much more common, and they will have to loosen up their "its all your problem" attitudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 2m 30d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 07/02/07 01:42 PM Author Share Posted 07/02/07 01:42 PM Thanks for the responses, meter reading is about be taken,Any midnight waterings will be at the expense of the big gum I mean Robs mum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooka THE Member Donating Members 1,210 Member For: 19y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/02/07 10:09 PM Share Posted 07/02/07 10:09 PM How did ya go Jules??Let me know if you need a couple of drums of roundup for the neighbor.........and a few bags of salt so nothing will ever grow there again!!! Chooka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducatijb Lifetime Members 3,448 Member For: 21y 7m 15d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 07/02/07 10:22 PM Share Posted 07/02/07 10:22 PM Get the plumber to run your sewerage straight into your mates swimming pool...should fix the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 2m 30d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 07/02/07 10:28 PM Author Share Posted 07/02/07 10:28 PM How did ya go Jules??Let me know if you need a couple of drums of roundup for the neighbor.........and a few bags of salt so nothing will ever grow there again!!! Chooka←Meter clocked up 5 litres overnight , which would just be pipes filling to capacity. on the blower to sydney water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotom Team Bute Donating Members 1,550 Member For: 21y 4m 3d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 07/02/07 11:19 PM Share Posted 07/02/07 11:19 PM Check your previous water bills.....Ensure that the consumption volume readings written are consecutive... that is, check that the previous reading on the current bill, is the same as the current reading on your previous bill.Go back two years of bills to MAKE sure all the readings coincide correctly.Some of these wally's read the wrong side of the dial when the needle (or number) is at a changeover from 9 to 0.hence you're deemed to have consumed an extra 1000kL possibly...It does happen.also....Did you mean 975 kL when you wrote 975 Ml ??? Typical flow from a single domestic tap is how much? maybe 60 litres/min.975 kL is a lot of water....that's 975000 litres.....would take about 12 days of continuous running to consume 975kL.975Ml would take 30 years All I can suggest is monitor your meter (take a reading) each night to establish if there is a spike in consumption on any particular day, which may coincide with the use of certain garden taps/sprinklers/ or laundry days/ or days you are not home!It is possible that someone could have hooked into your supply line, but don't jump to conclusions till you've verified the leak is NOT associated with your own pipes.Hope you get a satisfactory outcome.tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 2m 30d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 07/02/07 11:32 PM Author Share Posted 07/02/07 11:32 PM Guys , thanks for the responses next steps are as follows1/I am going to take twice daily readings to track usage as there appears to have been significant increase over normal even from the last reading.2/Get a plumber to leak test house and mains to be on the safe side3/Front tap is getting shut down3/ Sydney water have deferred the bill pending the abovethere is some weird sh*t going down for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blonk Iconoclast Donating Members 4,330 Member For: 20y 1m 22d Gender: Male Location: CH Posted 08/02/07 12:23 AM Share Posted 08/02/07 12:23 AM Some of these wally's read the wrong side of the dial when the needle (or number) is at a changeover from 9 to 0.hence you're deemed to have consumed an extra 1000kL possibly...It does happen.tom←This sounds very plausableWorth a look.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 4d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 08/02/07 12:49 AM Share Posted 08/02/07 12:49 AM Jewels on the phone to the water board this morning......"I'll be buggered if I can find any leak!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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