Water Usage Issues

[Joel Owens]

Okay the 4 unit buildings when built in 1981 have one meter going in.There is no sub meters.

Fulton county water stated that is what the builder requested in 1981.Fast forward to today.

Fulton county does not do sub metering for these buildings.The water company stated these buildings only have a 3/4 line meter on one and 1 inch line meter on the others.

Water bill has been high.We fixed a bunch of leaks and filed leak adjustments to Fulton county.

Water company says they can test meter to make sure it reads right.Previous owner had high readings as well.Some tenants are only supposed to have 2 to 4 people living there on lease.End up having 8 to 10 people and they use the water constantly even with no leaks.

Currently we provide water,sewer,trash into the total rent.We have to do it this way because with one line if the 3 tenants pay the bill but one does not the water company will cut off water to the whole building and lien it.

Since it is one line into the building even if all leaks are fixed I can't go up to a tenant without proof they are using more water.I can tell tenant with an adjusted lease they are responsible for any usage after 50 bucks a month but they might not pay the difference.

My plumber told me of a company that will install individual meters and then bill the tenants directly.Have any of you had experience with these companies?

Thanks