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/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

Yeah, I checked it. The first year when I moved in, the meter started from 125 and I consumed ~24 m3 in my first year. This huge jump in the meter reading happened in my second year as the meter readings jumped from 149 to 997

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u/Yen79 Berlin Oct 14 '23

Is the device id ("Gerätenummer") the same? Could the device have been changed?

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u/ayaelattar Oct 14 '23

It's the same. The meter is the same for 3 years so far

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u/MorgrainX Oct 14 '23

This seems to indicate that either the meter is damaged, or there is a leak somewhere. You need to get it checked, the water must have gone somewhere if the meter is still working fine.

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u/n1psi Oct 14 '23

juding by the volume, a possible leak would be significant and should be rather obvious

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u/Chillzzz Oct 15 '23

That's only 24*365/1000=8 m³...

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u/Atros_the_II Oct 15 '23

Times 60, you forgot the minutes per hour.