Locally, there's been a lot of issues with extremely high water bills. People complaining of surprise bills two or three times the normal, so I went out to check my water meter and see if anything was up with mine before I got a surprise bill. Luckily, no surprises there, at least not with that.
However, when looking at the meter (and it's a digital one, not a gauge), it's counting DOWN. I am ware of what backflow is and know that can be the cause of a meter counting down, but it's soooo slow counting down. Example: 1,239.652 is what the meter read when I checked it. After a minute, it read 1,239.651. Another minute or two, and it was 1,239.650. So one thousandth of a gallon every minute or so. I assume that's very little backflow, but is it something to be concerned with? (For perspective, when I run a single sink, the meter was going up a full tenth every second)
Also of note, the county just switched from the old gauge meter to this new digital meter (looks like this one) in the last few months or so. We definitely had a different meter when I was checking on a possible irrigation leak back when we started up the irrigation system for the year.
However, when looking at the meter (and it's a digital one, not a gauge), it's counting DOWN. I am ware of what backflow is and know that can be the cause of a meter counting down, but it's soooo slow counting down. Example: 1,239.652 is what the meter read when I checked it. After a minute, it read 1,239.651. Another minute or two, and it was 1,239.650. So one thousandth of a gallon every minute or so. I assume that's very little backflow, but is it something to be concerned with? (For perspective, when I run a single sink, the meter was going up a full tenth every second)
Also of note, the county just switched from the old gauge meter to this new digital meter (looks like this one) in the last few months or so. We definitely had a different meter when I was checking on a possible irrigation leak back when we started up the irrigation system for the year.