A jump in your water bill has a short list of causes: more usage, irrigation changes, a running toilet, or a leak. You can rule most of them out in a few minutes.
Do the meter test
Turn off all water inside and outside. Find your meter, note the reading or the small leak indicator, wait fifteen minutes and check again. Any movement means water is escaping.
Check the usual suspects
Toilets that keep refilling, dripping irrigation valves and leaking water heater connections cause many high bills. Add a few drops of food coloring to a toilet tank and see if it shows up in the bowl.
When it is not one of those
If the meter still moves, the leak is probably in a supply line, under the slab or in the yard. That is when electronic detection pays off, because it finds the spot without digging.
Think you have a leak? Get it checked.
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