[Greenbuilding] measuring water use

[Reuben Deumling]

Sacie,
try reading your meter every day for a week. I guarantee you'll learn
something from doing this. That said, if your meter is 1/2 mile from your
house, you could try installing a flow meter closer to the house--somewhere
accessible, like in the basement or...? Then you can compare the two
readings. If your meters read in different units, 7.48 gal/cf. Good luck.

ISTEC sells very high quality flow meters that aren't cheap, but I've bought
a bunch from them and have been very pleased: <www.istec-corp.com>
*http://tinyurl.com/2uywz4 *for the link to the meters I've used

alternately you can go to your local hardware store. they may have some for
closer to $50 or $60 I'd guess.

Reuben Deumling

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Sacie Lambertson <
sacie.lambertson at gmail.com> wrote:

> The current talk about flushing toilets combined with our recent
> water bill reminds me to ask all for practical suggestions for
> measuring overall water use.  Our bill was way high and I can't
> believe two people can use that much water, unless of course there's
> a leak somewhere  along our 1/2 mile line into our house.    Thanks,
>  Sacie
>
>
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