Massive Water Bill From Leak. Will Insurance Pay?

[William Coet]

The leak was caused by a hole in the water supply line.  Does anybody know if homeowners insurance will cover the massive water bill (over 10k)?

[Bill B.]

That’s beyond massive, that should be washing the house away. A pool of water (17,000 gallons) costs around $19 in the desert. Are they saying millions of gallons? It shouldn’t be possible for you use that much water. (A full blast hose is 6 gallons a minute, 360 gallons an hour, 8600/day. 250,000/mo.)

Anyway, talk to the insurance company (you’re going to want to look for foundation and soil damage if that much water was released under the home.) and then as mentioned talk to the water company. 

Our average water bill isn’t eh desert is $30-$50. We’ve had 4 properties over the last 20 years suddenly be $200 one month, then $400 the next. You call and they say your water hasn’t been “zero flow” for 40 or 50 days. (Why they don’t call after 10 days I don’t know, they could save a lot of water that way.). I spend $3-5,000 fixing the main water line, usually under the slab. I show the the repair invoice to the water department and they waive the abnormal amounts, no questions asked.