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Old 06-16-2011, 01:55 PM
 
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How big is the yard? Bet there is a leak by the irrigation valve
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Old 06-16-2011, 01:59 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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Standard drill. Open the water meter box. Look for the little red flow indicator on the meter. Should be standing still if you are not using any water. If it is moving start cutting off the valves to the house and yards. If it stops you know the leak or problem is on that leg. If all valves are closed and it still shows flow you have a leak on the feed to the house...a rather common and expensive little problem. The even worse problem is an underslab leak which generally involves replumbing part or all of the house. A bad sprinkler feed can do it but normally it has to be the main feed. You can't get that much water through a sprinkler valve.

If there is nothing wrong than you have to have a knock down with the water company. They do yield on these things but they can be very difficult.
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Old 06-16-2011, 02:14 PM
 
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I know how to find your house. Just look for the greenest yard in Vegas!
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Old 06-16-2011, 02:19 PM
 
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After I fixed the solenoids the water co say's the water usage is normal. I guess I'll find out what they think normal is on the next bill! Probably the bill after next since they did't let me know untill 12 days into the next billing cycle.
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Old 06-16-2011, 02:34 PM
 
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I have a large yard but it's mostly concrete. A few shrubs, 3 palms and a small amount of grass, not enough to hide that kind of a leak. The grass is not reel green yet. It was very brown when I moved in. I think I could have watered the park with all the water they say I used!
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Old 06-16-2011, 03:22 PM
 
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I had that happen to our unoccupied house in Albuquerque while we were looking for a buyer. Wasn't $1550.00, but it was way too high, so I complained to them that they had to have made a mistake. I went even over to Albuq. and met a guy from the water company at the property, where I proved there was no leak, the realtor had been checking the property regularly. The thing that got them to drop it was when I told the guy that the amount of water they said we used was enough to fill my pool in Las Vegas two or three times, and if that much water had been running it would have flooded my yard, and several of my neighbors' yards. He agreed and I never heard another word.
Unfortunately what makes sense and worked in Albuquerque probably won't work in Las Vegas. I wish it would. Good luck dealing with LVVWD. They aren't accountable to anyone. You'll be lucky to get them to answer the phone. Worst service I've ever had from any water company - EVER.
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:20 PM
 
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If it was a leak and not a billing error, you may be able to get a one time leak credit to reduce the bill. I'm not sure if LVVWD offers that, but I know Henderson does.

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After I fixed the solenoids the water co say's the water usage is normal. I guess I'll find out what they think normal is on the next bill! Probably the bill after next since they did't let me know untill 12 days into the next billing cycle.
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:53 PM
 
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I just bought a house in las vegas 4/15/2011 and my 1st water bill was 1555 dollars. The house had 3 leaking sprinkler cylanoids but no standing water anywhere. I also have a pool but it does not have an auto-fill. How is this possible? Does anyone know what an average water bill should be? 3 bedroom 1306 sq ft, 3 residents??
We have a pool and we barely broke 100 when we refilled our pool...! Maybe you have a faulty meter?
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:54 PM
 
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$1550.00? That would fill the pool of every house in the neighborhood.
lol!
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Old 06-16-2011, 04:58 PM
 
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I have a large yard but it's mostly concrete. A few shrubs, 3 palms and a small amount of grass, not enough to hide that kind of a leak. The grass is not reel green yet. It was very brown when I moved in. I think I could have watered the park with all the water they say I used!
We had a sprinkler pop just the other day...the right side of our yard was flooded and it was coming out the front of our fence. The leak had only been going for a few hours. The ground is so hard here a sprinkler leak is pretty easy to see. I would definitely question that bill. That's ridiculous.
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