High Water Bill? Water Meter Leak Detection in Parker, CO
A climbing water bill with no visible leak almost always means water is escaping somewhere you cannot see. Your meter tells us where to look.
Listening on every visit.
A Parker Water and Sanitation District bill that climbs with no visible leak is one of the most common reasons people call us. A slab leak stays under the floor. A silently leaking toilet flapper runs into the bowl and down the drain unnoticed. Your water meter registers every gallon passing through whether or not you can see where that water went, making it the fastest, cheapest diagnostic step before we ever send a truck.
Call (303) 552-3896 once you have confirmed loss, and we take it from there.
How to run the meter test yourself, right now
Turn off every fixture and appliance that uses water, including anything on an automatic cycle like an irrigation timer. Find your meter, note the reading, wait at least two hours without using any water, then read it again. Any movement means water left the system somewhere between the meter and your fixtures, even with everything off.
Fast leak vs. slow leak
A fast, steady flow points toward a supply side leak, a slab, yard, or service line failure running continuously. A slower or intermittent flow more often points toward a fixture, most commonly a silently leaking toilet flapper, which can waste hundreds of gallons a day without ever overflowing or making a sound. A bill that has been high for several cycles usually means a smaller, slower leak rather than a sudden failure.
Common causes we find in Parker, CO
Slab leaks are common in the Pinery's 1970s copper supply lines, see our slab leak page. Irrigation mainline leaks under hardscape are frequent in Stonegate and Stroh Ranch, where buried PVC runs beneath driveways and patios. Once you have confirmed loss with the meter test, we combine that flow rate data with acoustic listening and thermal imaging to pinpoint exactly where the water is going.
Call (303) 552-3896 for meter based leak detection anywhere in Parker or Douglas County.
Bill climbing with no visible leak?
Run the meter test, then call. We find what the bill is telling you.
☎ (303) 552-3896High Water Bill? Water Meter Leak Detection questions Parker calls in with
My bill has been high for months, not just one cycle. Does that matter?
It usually points to a smaller, slower leak rather than a sudden failure, since a large leak tends to show up dramatically within one cycle. Slow leaks are exactly what the meter test is built to find.
Could this just be a meter reading error?
It happens, but rarely. If your own meter test confirms flow with everything off, that rules out a reading error and confirms real water loss somewhere in your system.
How much water does a running toilet actually waste?
A worn flapper can waste 200 gallons a day or more, silently, enough on its own to visibly move a monthly bill.
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Parker, CO & Douglas County Coverage
Acoustic methods cover most Parker neighborhoods. Pre-1980 cohorts generate the most pinhole-related calls.