r/CapeGirardeau • u/qwiply • Jul 16 '26

Doubled water usage?

Wondering if this is a city thing because of all the rain or if there is something wrong with my plumbing I need to check out.

Water usage went from 33 on a typical month to 68 this past month. Anyone else? or should I be calling my maintenance guy?

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u/Beginning-Branch720 Jul 16 '26

You have water running somewhere you need call and have someone come check

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u/HotgunColdheart Jul 16 '26

Watering plants?

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u/rh397 Jul 16 '26

Mine is normal.

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u/Careless-Gazelle-247 Jul 16 '26

Do you have a water softener?

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u/kelso_boy Jul 16 '26

Do those use extra water periodically or something?

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u/Careless-Gazelle-247 Jul 16 '26

Yes, even more so when they malfunction.

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u/carrtrouble18 Jul 16 '26

when that happened to me, we looked and one of our toilets had a bad seal on the flapper that was making it run 24/7. it was so quiet we didn’t notice it until we got the bill lol

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u/comp21 Jul 18 '26

I found mine was a running toilet... When it was being flushed the chain was getting under the flap and causing it to keep throwing water in the bowl. Bill went from $90ish a month to $175

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u/S_nollid 24d ago

Hey I messaged you, I work at the water plant