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14/05/2008, 7:15 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,035 Re: water bill Quite right of course Steve, don't know where that came from  Perhaps because, being of a 'certain age', I am an Imperial man first and metric man second  My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

16/05/2008, 11:04 ams Joined on 07/08/2007 Posts 275 Re: water bill Sounds to me that you have a very big leak. we just had our meter read and it came up as 220m3, that includes a s pool and we live here full time. Best bet is to turn off all appliances that use water for 12 hours, 24 would be better, take the reading before and after, then you will be sure if you have a leak or the meter is defective. If nothing shows, then it looks like theft, consult your insurance company, and arrange to have the local water company reduce your water pressure when you are not around.   ams    Report

19/05/2008, 21:44 eillen Joined on 01/02/2005 Posts 23 Re: water bill Thanks ams. The mystery has been solved. Since 2004 I have been sent estimates (although it did not say on the bills) and this year they read the meter. Since January I have only used 1 cu.m. so no leak. At least I now know where the meter is! Thanks to all those who tried to help, Eillen    Report

19/05/2008, 22:03 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,035 Re: water bill That still seems a mighty lot of water for 12-14 weeks PA, let's put to put it another way: 13 weeks x 4 years = 52 weeks 860cu/m /52 = 16.5cu/m per week 16.5cu/m / 7 = 2.36cu/m per day of occupancy Begin to get my point ?   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

20/05/2008, 12:24 Val_2 Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 3,071 Re: water bill Ah but there is a pool involved which surely must have been emptied and filled a few times over those years and you are charged for discharging if you are on the mains supply plus I would imagine holiday renters wouldn't be very frugal unless they are metered at home.    Report

20/05/2008, 13:50 ErnieY Joined on 05/12/2006 Nr Prayssac (Lot) Posts 3,035 Re: water bill Not according to the original post:  eillen wrote: I had repair work to the pool so it had to be filled again but that was only about 40 cubic metres. As for holiday renters, apart from the fact that we don't know if this is holiday let, (and reading between the lines I don't think it is), at an average of say even 50lt a pop, a family of 6 showering three times a day would use 900lt which still leaves some 1400lt of the apparent daily consumption unaccounted for Incidentally I think poolguy will tell you that, except under dire or exceptionel circumstances, there should never be any need to drain and refill a pool   My doctor said one drink per day, I can live with that !    Report

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