How much water do you use?

[Claudia1]

We have a single tenant with teenaged boys that only come every other weekend. The rental unit is new to us and under a city untility. We are on a well, so I don't have a good comparision.

Does 16,000 gal. per month sound right? She has a washing machine but no automatic dishwasher.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Family of 4 adults here, very consistently about 7,000 a month, assuming no outside watering.

 

[emmagata]

Originally posted by Claudia1
We have a single tenant with teenaged boys that only come every other weekend. The rental unit is new to us and under a city untility. We are on a well, so I don't have a good comparision.

Does 16,000 gal. per month sound right? She has a washing machine but no automatic dishwasher.

16000 sounds like A LOT of water for a single tenant with an occasional visitor.


I'm looking at our water bill we just got. There are two of us and we water some outdoor plants, wash the car occasionally and use our dishwasher about 3-4 times a week.

Our bill shows us using 11000 gallons/month.

It will drop off through the winter because we won't be watering outside at all.

So it appears your tennant uses almost 3 times as much as each person in our house.

I would look into it. Maybe there's a leak.

 

[Claudia1]

I thought it seemed high.

Hmmmm....... we have had the plumber go over the place with a fine-tooth comb and didn't find anything.

I'll call them again.

Thanks!

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

Check out by the meter. Freinds of ours had a leak right at the meter that was horrible. Their water bill tripled over the course of 3 months before they found the leak.

 

[Pop Daddy]

when the water guy finaanly gets in my house for a real reading, I always end up fiding out I owe alot more money then the estimate

 

[FOJMO]

Ours is usually about 5,000-6,000 gal per month -- that's for 2 adults and 1 teenaged daughter. All of us are gone M-F during the day at work/school.

16,000 sounds like a HUGE amount to me -- I'd have that meter checked or see if they estimated it.

 

[hercamore]

Hi,

Wow, that is WAY too high. Last summer we were getting charged for a huge amount of water usage and it turned out the meter man had replaced our old meter with a new one that was running inaccurately.

I would suggest having the meter checked.

Also, is the toilet leaking and running constantly?


herc.