has anyone left the water on... for.....

[BellLisamo]

8 hours straight? full blast?

whats you water bill?

I FORGOT that i was filling the duck pond because my son was throwing up and started the flu that day... SOOOOO next morning, it sounded like a waterfall........... oops

 

[mamagardener]

Wow I hope you have a deep well. Around here it wouldn't really matter too much, especially with all the rain lately. It would just be a mud pit!

 

[Camelot Farms]

Well, my son did the same thing only he was filling the horse trough....drained the well, burned out the pump and $3000.00 (yes, that is the right amount of zeroes) and 30 days later, we had water again.

When the pump burned out, we had to dig the well deeper and install a submersible pump.

I still have nightmares about it....

 

[BellLisamo]

yeah weve had TONS of rain. Filled my chicken coops up to 8 inches.... yikes.... dug drain holes after that


normally our monthly bill is only $30. Yes it is a well (but its shared?)......

 

[Emzyyy]

We have well water outside for the animals so it doesn't cost a dime though it goes off at random times sometimes its irratic.

 

[rufus]

Yes, $385.00. A compression fixture in my summer home popped off, and we were gone for quite a while.

But then again, the water bill for last month for my house in Phoenix was $177, but the lawn is green.

Rufus

 

[BellLisamo]

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Oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, my husband went and paid $200 on it, just in case. I pray its not over that much. I really need to find some brain pills LOL

 

[azelgin]

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Kind of did that. That's probably about 4800 gallons of water at the most. About 600 cubic feet. Are you guys on a water system, or a well?

When the Canelo fire was headed over the hill towards us this spring, I pumped about 15000 gallons over 8 hours from the well through sprinklers over the hillside. I just figured out on the calculator that the extra electricity cost me about $4. You shouldn't notice much difference in your bill.

 

[Sunny the Hippie Chick]

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I wish my water bill was that cheap.. Mine is usually $75 and I try not to use to much water.. Just minimal.. No long showers. I water my plants with rain water I have collected. But I am on town water..

 

[morelcabin]

You pay a water bill for well water??? No way!