High water usage on a vacant property

[Matt Eklund]

So I received an extremely high utility bill for one of my properties that is vacant.  Total water usage was close to 69,000 gallons for September.  It appears that high water usage was present between the dates of 9/7-9/19.  The water usage was different every day indicating that it was not a water leak and abruptly went to zero on 9/20. The average usage was 6.41 ccf which equates to close to 4800 gallons per day. Since the water use was variable and there was no water damage to the property, it would mean that there could not have been a water leak. There are no pools in the surrounding area, so that idea is out. The only thing I can think of is water theft. If this is the case, then I will have to file a police report documenting the theft. 

The property manager hasn't responded with any suggestions or ideas to why this might of happened.

Daily Water usage (1CCF-748 gallons) from the smart meter.  Has anyone had any issue like this happen to them?

CCF daily use
9/1/2018	0
9/2/2018	0
9/3/2018	0
9/4/2018	0
9/5/2018	0
9/6/2018	0
9/7/2018	5.57
9/8/2018	6.39
9/9/2018	6.25
9/10/2018	5.58
9/11/2018	3
9/12/2018	6.4
9/13/2018	6.41
9/14/2018	6.38
9/15/2018	7.67
9/16/2018	5.6
9/17/2018	8.86
9/18/2018	8.58
9/19/2018	5.59
9/20/2018	0
9/21/2018	0.01
9/22/2018	0
9/23/2018	0
9/24/2018	0.41
9/25/2018	0.05
9/26/2018	0.06
9/27/2018	0.04
9/28/2018	0.04
9/29/2018	0.03

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Originally posted by @Matt Eklund:

So I received an extremely high utility bill for one of my properties that is vacant.  Total water usage was close to 69,000 gallons for September.  It appears that high water usage was present between the dates of 9/7-9/19.  The water usage was different every day indicating that it was not a water leak and abruptly went to zero on 9/20. The average usage was 6.41 ccf which equates to close to 4800 gallons per day. Since the water use was variable and there was no water damage to the property, it would mean that there could not have been a water leak. There are no pools in the surrounding area, so that idea is out. The only thing I can think of is water theft. If this is the case, then I will have to file a police report documenting the theft. 

The property manager hasn't responded with any suggestions or ideas to why this might of happened.

Daily Water usage (1CCF-748 gallons) from the smart meter.  Has anyone had any issue like this happen to them?

CCF daily use
9/1/2018	0
9/2/2018	0
9/3/2018	0
9/4/2018	0
9/5/2018	0
9/6/2018	0
9/7/2018	5.57
9/8/2018	6.39
9/9/2018	6.25
9/10/2018	5.58
9/11/2018	3
9/12/2018	6.4
9/13/2018	6.41
9/14/2018	6.38
9/15/2018	7.67
9/16/2018	5.6
9/17/2018	8.86
9/18/2018	8.58
9/19/2018	5.59
9/20/2018	0
9/21/2018	0.01
9/22/2018	0
9/23/2018	0
9/24/2018	0.41
9/25/2018	0.05
9/26/2018	0.06
9/27/2018	0.04
9/28/2018	0.04
9/29/2018	0.03

Simple.  Your neighbor filled his pool with your water.