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K3V3N (Non-US)
I have bought an old house. I know the water being recorded is way more than I am using. The meter is inside the house. I have tested all toilets, faucets, etc. and no water is flowing. I've traced the lines from the meter to each location, to the hot water heater and followed those to their destinations too and no leaks anywhere.
The city where I'm at won't assist and the water company (a city owned utility) won't help either claiming I have a leak and refuse to swap the meter. I can't picture any scenario where water not flowing can make a meter record a flow but maybe I'm wrong. I've asked them to replace the meter and then we would know for sure but corporate bureaucracy has wasted 2 months now and nothing. Same stupid questions, with same answers and still won't respond.
So, if a meter won't record flow with no flow, then where is my leak? We're talking about 10 to 15 cubic meters that I'm recording over what I actually use. That's a lot of water not to be able to find a leak isn't it?
The meter dial never stops moving and I'm about to get someone to turn the value off in the street coming into the house to see if the meter continues to record. (I "hope" I can get a non-city utility person to turn it off.)
Any feedback to what's going on is appreciated.
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
You could install your own meter downstream of the city's meter to be sure. Maybe a tank flapper is leaking thru, maybe the water heater's T + P valve is leaking thru. A quality ball valve installed just on the house side of the meter would also tell you whether there's a leak or not, depending on the meter's dial.
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hj (AZ)
IF the "meter never stops moving" then you HAVE A LEAK, regardless of whether you can see it or not.
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bernabeu (SC)
ditto
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