My Water Department is Better than Your Water Department

On Monday I received a call from Martha over at City Hall. She was entering water meter readings and getting the water bills ready to mail. She noticed we used three times our normal amount of water at our house and she suspected I had a leak. Well, sure enough the line in our back yard that connects to the city meter was broken. The ground in the back yard was mushy, but we don’t use the back yard this time of year so I had not noticed. I called Martha and she came by and helped me shut off the water. Then I called a mechanical contractor to replace our pipe. He is at my house now and by the end of today, I will have water!

We received our water bill in yesterday’s mail. Left on my own, it would have been today before I figured out we had a leak in the yard and it would have been sometime next week before a plumber could have fixed it. The weekend would have been two extra days without water.

Many cities are just too big for an employee to take notice of everyone’s water use habits. And you might think it is just To Much Information for your City Hall to know this much about you. Me, I am thankful Martha knows how much water we use and that she came by the house to help me turn off the water. Who knows how much water we would have lost or how much more damage could have been caused if Martha didn’t notice our increase.

Oh, and if you are wondering what we did for water since Monday; well our neighbors Dianne and Bob turned on their outside faucet and ran a hose to our house. Thank you Martha, thank you Dianne and Bob. I am lovin’ my water department, my neighbors, and my small town life.