Rustys-Beef-o-Reeno said:
In my hood today
Thinking about a sump pump and a garden house
The blue flag is.Ag13 said:
I hope those flags are to mark where the leak is
For water main leaks like this, the City actually encourages people to use it for irrigation.Furlock Bones said:
if that's a city line, they would probably sue you for stealing water.
The soil contracts and moves, which stresses the water mains and causes breaks.Microwave Onions said:
PAGING RYAN THE TEMP: is this a normal summer thing? I know the street pavement will buckle in extreme temps, but I never really thought about water lines running under the roadway.
The street where I drive thru the artesian spring today is under construction about a quarter mile south, so I didn't bother reporting it. Plus, I figure the busybodies in the hood had already submitted dozens of complaints.
COH does maintain records of lost water. It's essentially recorded as "unaccounted for" or "unbilled" water. (or at least they used to)AlaskanAg99 said:
Maybe at the next WHCRWA meeting I'll demand to know how many thousands of gallons per day COH wastes through breaks that starves member MUDs from water that leads us to other issues: subsidence and possible fines.
What else is Unaccounted for or unbilled water?Ryan the Temp said:COH does maintain records of lost water. It's essentially recorded as "unaccounted for" or "unbilled" water. (or at least they used to)AlaskanAg99 said:
Maybe at the next WHCRWA meeting I'll demand to know how many thousands of gallons per day COH wastes through breaks that starves member MUDs from water that leads us to other issues: subsidence and possible fines.
Theft, fire hydrants, leaks, etc.AgLA06 said:What else is Unaccounted for or unbilled water?Ryan the Temp said:COH does maintain records of lost water. It's essentially recorded as "unaccounted for" or "unbilled" water. (or at least they used to)AlaskanAg99 said:
Maybe at the next WHCRWA meeting I'll demand to know how many thousands of gallons per day COH wastes through breaks that starves member MUDs from water that leads us to other issues: subsidence and possible fines.
I have no idea whether they do that or not. I haven't dealt with anything like that in a long time.AgLA06 said:
Since they make the public track and pay for hydrant use, they should do the same for COH maintenance and HFD. Not difficult to add meteres.
Ryan the Temp said:I have no idea whether they do that or not. I haven't dealt with anything like that in a long time.AgLA06 said:
Since they make the public track and pay for hydrant use, they should do the same for COH maintenance and HFD. Not difficult to add meteres.
TX04Aggie said:
Cant even get a good hair wash in shower at my house these days with the low water pressure
hard to feel sorry for home builders....swimmerbabe11 said:
new home builders are gettting stressed. This is not fun for foundations or landscaping.
30 Billion Gallons in 2022!rilloaggie said:
According to a chron article:
" Along with the 30 billion gallons of water lost in 2022, the city lost another 9 billion gallons from January to April 2023, according to the latest data. Some months, Houston lost of over 20 percent of its total water supply."
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/houston/article/houston-s-damaged-pipes-cost-city-30-billion-18270779.php#:~:text=Houston%20lost%2030%20billion%20gallons,infrastructure%20and%20more%20extreme%20weather.
you need to fight it. they are screwing up so many bills right now it's a joke. we own a townhome in the heights that is rented. our tenants got a $700 water bill. the yard is only about 7 ft by 20 ft. and we know they aren't watering it. did a leak check to make sure. the city is telling people to just pay what their normal bill is because its so ****ed up.BCOBQ98 said:
City has to be raking in tons of money even with the water losses. My normal bill is ~$100 but the last 3 months it has been $400-500 of which more than half of that is sewer which they are getting free money as my excess water went on the yard and not in the sewer...
Hypothetically, if you used 30,000,000,000 gallons in one month, your monthly bill would come out to approximately $867,000,000BCOBQ98 said:
City has to be raking in tons of money even with the water losses. My normal bill is ~$100 but the last 3 months it has been $400-500 of which more than half of that is sewer which they are getting free money as my excess water went on the yard and not in the sewer...
I'm pretty sure the bill is correct but good point and I will check the bill vs meter. I've been watering a good deal. I have a large corner lot so that doesn't help. I'm not trying to have a lush green lawn but rather just trying to have the grass survive. Years ago I said screw it and didn't water my back yard and it all died. This resulted in me having to resod the entire thing. I'm not doing that again.Furlock Bones said:you need to fight it. they are screwing up so many bills right now it's a joke. we own a townhome in the heights that is rented. our tenants got a $700 water bill. the yard is only about 7 ft by 20 ft. and we know they aren't watering it. did a leak check to make sure. the city is telling people to just pay what their normal bill is because its so ****ed up.BCOBQ98 said:
City has to be raking in tons of money even with the water losses. My normal bill is ~$100 but the last 3 months it has been $400-500 of which more than half of that is sewer which they are getting free money as my excess water went on the yard and not in the sewer...
