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leak prior to meter
Author: gmum (IL) How does a leak prior to the meter become evident? If there was a leak prior to the meter, would the meter be spinning?
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Author: bernabeu (SC) possibly, but not because of the leak ============================================== "Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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Re: leak prior to meter
Author: hj (AZ) Ahead of the meter there would be a pond of water and the meter woule NOT be spinning. A leak in that spot is usually the responsibility of the water company to repair it.
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Author: packy (MA)

around here the homeowner is responsible for the piping back to the corporation stop off the city/town water main. even if that stop is on the other side of the street.
yup, gotta pay for breaking the sidewalk and the street, hire a cop, replace the sidewalk and street and then come back 6 months later and check the street repair to make sure it didn't sink. if it did, gotta rip it up and re-hot top.

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Author: gmum (IL) "Ahead of the meter there would be a pond of water and the meter woule NOT be spinning." Just to clarify, you mean PRIOR to the meter there would be a pond. So a leak PRIOR to meter would have no effect on the meter spin? In my case, its under a driveway... so im not sure if ponding would be evident.
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Re: leak prior to meter
Author: KCRoto (MO) Leaks prior to the meter will not make the meter spin, no. Do you suspect a leak in you main water line? Have you seen something that leads you to think this? If water is leaking and washing away to a different location, it can undermine the area and cause (basically) a sinkhole.
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Author: Doug E. (CA) that just sucks.
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Re: leak prior to meter
Author: hj (AZ) In that case, since the the leak is not going through the meter, so I am not paying for the water, I would just let it leak.
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