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I just got a water bill fro $900.00! The city of Raleigh said that it might help if I have a second water meter installed. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it save a lot of money?
Do you have an irrigation system? If so, you can put that water on a second meter, and then it will classify as sewer-exempt, which can save a lot of money.
I just got a water bill fro $900.00! The city of Raleigh said that it might help if I have a second water meter installed. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it save a lot of money?
All I can say is dizzam. How much water did it say you used? I am not sure how a second water meter would work but have you been filling pools or something or do you have 45 people in your house? That sounds like the water bill a hotel should have or is your water made of gold? In all seriousness unless you usually use a large amount of water (watering your grass, plants DRIVEWAY you should look into the fact you may have a leak, otherwise I don't know what a second meter could do.
I just got a water bill fro $900.00! The city of Raleigh said that it might help if I have a second water meter installed. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it save a lot of money?
$900.00! Did you do anything out of the norm? Leave a sprinkler on for a week or two? Is there any explanation?
I feel so bad for you, please tell us more so maybe we can help!!
Why would they suggest a second meter? Do you have an irrigation system?And what is the average bill you usually receive?
Otherwise, assuming you are a homeowner, check your toilets for leaks, and everything else after that for running water. Monitor your meter if you can.
If you cannot find running water or anything you might suggest to them to replace your water meter,
Holy Water Bill, Batman! If you didn't mistype that number, then I would be looking for a water leak somewhere. I can't imagine using enough water to even approach that number.
wow...I've never heard of a bill that high! If it WAS a leak or something, I believe you can ask to have your bill pro-rated. We once had a pipe burst under the house while we were on vacation and no one noticed it for some time because it wa sin the back of the house and we didn't have a back yard neighbor. Even then, with water literally gushing out for several days, it was only like $300.00 and they did pro-rate the bill for us. They might be more anal about it now though due to the water restrictions, but it can't hurt to ask.
What exactly is a second meter supposed to do?
I just can't figure out how a bill came to that much in an ordinary home even if you watered your lawn all day long. I would seriously check for mistakes and/or contest it.
We live in Cary and have a second meter for irrigation (which cost about $700). I figure it saves us roughly $60/month when we use the irrigation system because we don't pay sewer charges on that water (although Cary charges a higher rate for water for irrigation). I'm not sure this is your issue though.
It could also be that they simply misread your meter. Your bill should have your last meter reading and your current meter reading. Go out to the meter and see if your current meter reading is close to their current meter reading. If you read a lower number than what's on the bill, they probably reversed a number when they recorded it.
Doing some rough calculations based on our water bill, we would have to run our irrigation system twice a day every day for a month to even get close to your bill. Sounds like it's either a leak or a misreading of the meter.
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you should look into the fact you may have a leak, otherwise I don't know what a second meter could do.
$900.00! Did you do anything out of the norm? Leave a sprinkler on for a week or two? Is there any explanation?
