Whatever happened with these discussions......
http://ebrandon.ca/messagethread.aspx?cat_id=3&message_id=131902
Here is the OP, they seemed really into resolving their issue then completly dissappeared, without any resolve - the thread was closed... well doesn't every body want to know the outcome? Because I do.
I often read threads that are created where there is never any sort of resolve or solution. Recently a response of mine was removed in another un-related thread with the same type of question I always ask, "So, what did you do and what happened?"
I wonder why an OP would get on here and write a emotionally charged post and then never come back on to tell us the outcome.So here is a good one that got me doing a little research into the matter, and to this day the OP never came back on here to give us an update.
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This is from the origional post, to refresh your memory, please use the link to go to the origional thread.
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I RECENTLY RECEIVED MY WATER BILL WHICH IS ALWAYS ABOUT $240 BUT THIS TIME IT IS $540...........$300 MORE! I HAVE TESTED ALL MY TOILETS AND TURNED OFF THE WATER TO SEE IF THE METER IS STILL WORKING ETC. AND THERE ARE NO LEAKS OR ANY REASON MY HOUSE SHOULD SUDDENLY JUMP UP $300 THIS BILL.
A CHURCH IN BRANDON AND A LADY WHO WORKS AT CITY HALL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE WATER PEOPLE JUST DISMISS THEM WHEN THEY APPROACH THEM AS SINGULAR ACCOUNTS.
SO I WAS WONDERING HAS ANYONE ELSE IN BRANDON BEEN CAUGHT IN THIS WAY WITH THEIR WATER BILL?
So...... Where did all the water go?
.......= And then this one =.............
http://ebrandon.ca/messagethread.aspx?cat_id=4&message_id=128723
Here is a snippet from the same discussion thread where this gentlemen had a serious issue with his water. I copied and pasted the gist of it. Basically he paid the bill anyways, but where did all the water go? (Same question I had for the OP)
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If I seem bitter, it is because I am. Here's my story...
One day, in the middle of the day, I happen to stop at home. I noticed the work truck up the street, at the fire hydrant, and remembered that they were testing the water lines....
So I go into the house, and go to the washroom, and flush the toilet after... the house began to shake, the toilet almost leapt off the floor, and every pipe in my house banged and rattled. I ran out the door. Then it stopped.
So I walked up to the workers and told them what happened, and they said there shouldn't be a problem, they were running pressure through the line, to to test it..maybe I got a slight back flow or something, but it shouldn't have happened. They had a good laugh at my expense....
Go check some of your pipes for leaks, and don't worry about it.... so I did, and not finding anything, I left......
No problem, a month goes by, two months go by...and finally the water bill comes. Hundreds of dollars more than anything I have ever paid, or ever received in my life (even with a hot tub or 10 house guests for a week)
I phoned City Hall, and asked what could be done to check this out... Nope, sir, you must have a leak. So explained the story from two months ago, again, ...nope, never heard of that happening... No the pressure would not have moved the meter dial, though it did move the toilet and shake the house...no way, sir.
So they sent around a water dept employee, he walked around and looked in all my toilet tanks FIRST, and said that maybe I had a piece of rubber or something stuck on one of flappers and it had passed on naturally... then he checked my outside hoses, and finally, after searching for any possible thing that might be my fault, he makes it to the meter...
Hmmmm, he says, the triangle isn't moving, no leak....
Hmmm, turn on a tap and run a little water.....
hmmm, doesn't appear to moving faster than normal....
Hmmm...well, sorry , sir, can't find YOUR leak...
please pay the full bill before the due date!
Hmmm, never knew of a meter to mis-read after a million PSI is forced through it.... you must have a had a leak that REPAIRED itself!!! a leak so bad, that it used 3 years worth of water in two months, but then corrected itself...
I want answers - Especially for the 1st one.