And herein lies one of the flaws of the system. The pipe was broken in front of the residential homeowner's gauge, so he never saw a rise in water use or was charged for any extra water. Meanwhile, I don't know whether the city was actually monitoring this giant leak in some way, but it...
We are right at the heart of the water rationing issues of the Western US. Water is a very precious commodity. It's absolutely insane the amount of water that must have gone into the ground. The city worker who came over and detected the leak recently (he was using some kind of sound...
The city contacted him and told him it was leaking. So the city knew too! They thought he would fix it, he thought they were going to fix it. Meanwhile, a year went by and untold millions of gallons of water were blasted into the ground. It's just crazy!
Hey everyone! Once again, thanks so much for all the advice! This is why I bring these questions here!
So there was a very interesting development in this, and I wanted to give everyone an update as it seems I got to the bottom of my stink mystery. As I had stated before, I managed this...
Thanks everybody for all your suggestions!!!! There is so much good information here I have many options I can try.
What I call my "compost pile" is more like a corner of the yard where I just dump everything and let the chickens scratch through it all. I have been doing this for years and...
Hi everyone,
I have an urban flock, and my neighbors have been very tolerant of my antics for many years now. Today I came home to a note from one neighbor that explained the smell from my yard was getting strong, and he was hoping there was something I could do to "refresh" things a bit.
Now...