A few months ago I posted about a serious water leak I had repaired in our front lawn.
Our last water bill came a couple of weeks ago. We where charged $341.62 for December and January. This, apparently, is what it costs to use an average of 311 gallons of water every day – ouch. Not only does this hurt financially, it’s also a tremendous waste of natural resources.
This was Friday evening, and I immediately phoned up a few plumbers looking for some help fast. Of the plumbers that I spoke to however, most couldn’t help me on the weekend. The one that could required me to first have a professional underground leek finder service out to pinpoint the leak – who couldn’t come out on the weekend. I suspected that the leak was in the front of the house near the old shutoff valve, which would explain the moisture I noticed a couple of months ago in the crawl space. With nothing else to do, I started to dig…
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http://fall-line.com/2007/02/11/small-water-leak-adds-up-to-big-bill
I also reported I was working with SPUD to obtain a leak rebate as part of a program that they offer for us unfortunate home owners who unknowingly waste water. Well, after two months of waiting and a few hours of phone calls I’m happy to report that this has been completely resolved. The fine folks of SPUD were generous enough to offer a rebate on our past bills for the entire year of 2006. This amount coincidently is just enough to completely cover all of our entire outstanding balance. I’ve still paid WAY more (about $1600) in water bills over this period from Nov 05 through present than I normally would have, but without this rebate I would have owed another $450+. For the first time, I’m we are totally square with the utility and as of early February, we are no longer wasting water.
Kudos to SPUD for the help.