only people live here and the bill is i called a plumber and thy check the water thingy after they turn off the water but no leak how can be for two people i think my neighbor is stilling water cuz they have like a jungle in there back yard so many plants and trees what should i do
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You could call the utility company that supplies the water & ask for advice. Or you can wait until the neighbors are in the middle of watering the backyard & shut off your main water valve. See if their watering is interrupted. If they don’t lose water at that point, see the first option.
Snow Bunny nailed it. Turn off your main water valve while the neighbors are doing their thing. In fact, go on vacation and turn your house’s water off at the meter – and lock it off. See what happens.
If that doesn’t help, you may have a leak. While the neighbors aren’t watering anything and you don’t have any water running in the house, get a piece of dowel rod and just press the end against your water meter, just on your side of the meter.
Now press your ear against the other end. Not joking. What you’re doing is you’re creating a kind of stethoscope so you can listen for the hiss of running water. While you’re listening, have someone inside the house run some water; you should be able to hear it running. If you still hear some of that sound when the faucet is turned back off, there’s a fair chance you have a leak going on someplace, maybe underground. You’ll have to do some digging to find it, but if it’s on your side of the meter, then it’s definitely on your dime to get it fixed.
Good luck with it.
You will have a main water valve in your basement or somewhere else that will cut off all exterior water supply and not affect the inside of your home. Shut that down and no need to worry anymore and then you will know whats going on.
Hardware store offers a lock for outside water faucets..Or perhaps buy a deer trail camera.. put it in a tree… it will take picks of anything moving around.. we use them for security around here quite a bit…