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I had a very similar experience with a water meter. When our small town installed smart water meters, they accidentally switched ours and our neighbors. It too
by tcskeptic 8y ago
I had a very similar experience with a water meter. When our small town installed smart water meters, they accidentally switched ours and our neighbors. It took me far too long to figure it out as I became progressively more obsessed with water conservation and monitoring of usage and watched our water bill continue to climb.
The penny finally dropped when I was standing in front of our house having ripped open the latest water bill to see an amount now having grown to be over $200 for the month (more than twice where it had been to start with) and looked at my dry, parched lawn that I had barely watered and my neighbors luxurious, green lawn. Getting our money square with the city took another 4 months and resulted in a rather unhappy neighbor.
- gargravarr 8y agoKeeping historic readings of your meters is extremely useful. I made a habit of scanning in the bills I got from my water company, which showed that on average I was using ~40m^3 of water a year - I'm very conservative with water. In 2015, a bi-annual bill dropped through my door asking for payment for 120m^3 of water in six months. I hadn't changed my usage patterns, and by phoning them and quoting the previous bills, they quickly agreed it was extremely unlikely I was using four times my annual supply in half the time. They took it from there, investigated and discovered a leak just after my water meter (under panels in the road). From my previous bills, they quickly agreed to knock 99m^3 off my bill, bringing it in line with my usage.
- dalore 8y agoImagine your neighbour, watering the grass and thinking damn with these new meters I'm using even less water. Water is cheap, better use more and it's still going down. Must be some sort of bulk discount.