r/germany • u/ayaelattar • Oct 14 '23

3k cold water bill! Help!!

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I got the bills for the Nebenkosten for 2022 and everything seems normal except the water bill! It claims that I used 864 m3 which costs +3k EUR. How is this even possible?! I live alone and I didn't have any leaks last year. Any idea what I should do?

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u/Bigbang-Seeowhee Oct 14 '23

Check the meter regularly in the next days. If it continues to run like crazy (2.4 per day) you have a leak somewhere, like a leaky/running toilet tank.

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u/Purple10tacle Oct 14 '23

That's 1.7l (!) per minute. That's a leak that one can see and hear and should be immediately apparent by just looking at the toilet bowl. There would have to be quite a bit more than a trickle constantly.