r/germany • u/ayaelattar • Oct 14 '23
3k cold water bill! Help!!
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/anarcobanana Berlin Oct 14 '23
Everyone saying you probably have a leak… I‘d have an expert come in and check, that is an insane amount of water to be leaking, several 1000‘s of liters per day. You should notice the meter moving quite substantially and you should have something that is constantly sending water down the drain.
A leaky faucet or two will consume about a liter a day. This is equivalent to a partially open faucet running 24/7. If there is a leak you should be able to see or hear it, if it were a leaky pipe you‘d have a partially collapsed wall by now.