Woke up this morning and realized I left the sprinkler on for 9hrs. What adverse effects will that have on my lawn and water bill?
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Sprinkler left on overnight
Woke up this morning and realized I left the sprinkler on for 9hrs. What adverse effects will that have on my lawn and water bill?
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Your lawn is fine. My hose broke the other night while left on it was connected to a sprayer. It spewed water for four hours. There was a lake on my lawn. Rip my wallet.
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Just overnight? Not a big deal for your bill. A family member of mine left a tap in the basement running while they went on vacation for a month. Wasn't a fun time coming home to a surprise bill..
Originally posted by GTS Jeff
You know those bored stay at home moms who's entire lives revolve around driving their kids to soccer, various cleaning accessories, and worrying about neighbourhood rapists? The kind of people that watch the View and go "uh huh..." Those unfulfilled people who try to fill the void in their empty lives by writing whiny letters to the editor complaining about shit that no one really cares about?
Well imagine if instead of writing that letter to the editor, she just posts on a car forum for car enthusiasts. That's Kritafo.
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holy crap! Ok , now i feel better about just 10hrsOriginally Posted by dj_rice
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Your water bill won't be much, your waste and sewage bill though...
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Depends on how much the sprinkler reduces flow...
Had a hot water tank blow in a property that was vacant... didn’t catch it for a couple days.... $1000 bill between water and sewage. No one used any water for the rest of the billing cycle either, but that’s unrestricted flow
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The best my lawn has ever looked was after the time I accidentally left the sprinkler on overnight twice in one month. It was lush! Got dinged $100 or so on the water bill.
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Lol the other week I left my hose running to fill up the pool and told my 5 year old to turn it off when it was full. Came back 3 hours later and it was still going and my grass was a swamp. My wife told me never to trust a 5 year old to do anything.
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Originally posted by GTS Jeff
You know those bored stay at home moms who's entire lives revolve around driving their kids to soccer, various cleaning accessories, and worrying about neighbourhood rapists? The kind of people that watch the View and go "uh huh..." Those unfulfilled people who try to fill the void in their empty lives by writing whiny letters to the editor complaining about shit that no one really cares about?
Well imagine if instead of writing that letter to the editor, she just posts on a car forum for car enthusiasts. That's Kritafo.
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I just had sod done and because of the square footage I had to move the sprinklers a few times each. Multiply that by 45min-1hr of watering time per area and twice per day and I was scared shitless of my bill haha. it worked out to be around $150 more than usual which I honestly had expected more.
So you're good I would think.
Water is cheap
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Isn't the sewage cost the same as the water cost? Part of the reason I never water my lawn and have a massive 2 ton rain water collection systemThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteSure probably doesn't save me any money and my lawn looks like shit, but feel like a rip off that you pay for sewage when most of the water evaporates off your lawn.
Had a toilet flapper stuck open for a good week, was like $75 extra on the water bill.
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you're lucky. i had a toilet stuck open for a week and it cost me almost $800...
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How does one not figure out a toilet is running within a day?
Are people's toilets so quiet that they don't hear them when they are filling up after being flushed or if the flapper valve is open and the water is running?
Last edited by speedog; 08-27-2018 at 10:38 PM.
Will fuck off, again.
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Has anybody tried contacting Enmax? There were a few instances last year where people were getting huge water bills because of meter problems or plumbing issues that made it into the media so the city came out with this open letter:
https://www.enmax.com/home/customer-...ater-customers
Enmax will ask that you resolve your leak and then take a couple of actual meter readings to confirm things are back to normal. Enmax will then credit you back based on your average normal usage.
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Mine is in a basement bathroom, and I don't really go to the basement all that often, so I was down there working on my server stuff, used the bathroom at some point, and didn't find out until a week later when I went there again.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Lol...I am surprised that you were surprised at what happened.
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Toliet open flow on flapper for whatever reason. Happened on a week long holiday.
$500 later... I now turn water off when I go away.
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No worse than it pouring rain all night. 9hrs of water won't be too costly either.
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