Locating a leak. Using 17,500 gallons a month.

Do your lines run underground or in the attic? Pretty sure you would see 400 gallons a day if you were losing that much.

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17,500 gallons a month

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That seems like a lot. That is almost the size of my swimming pool.

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It will be by your water main. No way you don’t see that amount of water if it’s not

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Lines are underground. I went in the attic and of course nothing is damp around the hot water heaters. I cut off all the toilets to see if I could isolate the problem to the toilets. None of then constantly run though.

By the time I cut the water on, walked around and did an inspection, the water meter said it dumped 20 gallons almost.

There are no visible signs of dampness on the ground around the house. It has to be something buried deep but at that rate im thinking it would eventually be evident.

There is some water where the apple slugs pile up near the centurylink box near the ditch...still, the meter isnt running when main control is at the house is off.

I'm not sure.

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shut off valves to the toilets and see if the meter runs, only place it can go and not be seen is through the toilet.

and a flapper costs $10 at home depot, you dont need to replace the toilet for that

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You think a toilet dumps 12,000 a month through a flapper leak?

All toilets are shut off. 10 gallons seems to be the delta. The meter triangle is still moving. That mean anything?

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You think a toilet dumps 12,000 a month through a flapper leak?

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It would constantly be running (400 gal/day). But you could shut off the valves to the toilet and eliminate that issue. If the meter still spins it isn't the toilet.

Do you have any dirty water?

What I am thinking. I'm keeping them shut off to make sure it still tracks but right now the triangle moves a little bit every so often, seems to mean water still flowing through the meter somewhere.

Or does it normally spin whether water not being offloaded but valve on?

No dirty water.

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There is greener looking grass heading straight from the meter lines diagonal toward the house but there is no soft ground.

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Good observation and possibly where the leak is, but I still think that much water would be pretty sloppy. Do you have a shutoff at the house downstream of the meter?

I'd get a post hole digger and dig down a bit near the meter box on the house side. If you go down a bit and no water, move to the spot with the greener grass.

Backyard faucet? I had a pipe burst and didn't know until my neighbor told me about all the water in his yard.