Just a quick reminder that if you are leaving your mountain home, please turn your water off at your customer valve when you leave. This will prevent any leaks from frozen or broken pipes in your absence. While it is important to turn your water off any time you leave your mountain home, it is especially important when there is a danger of freezing temperatures. Leaks and broken pipes can and do occur year round, but when there are freezing temperatures, it can cause pipes to freeze and break. If your water is not turned off, this could cause a lot of problems, damage and waste a lot of water.
Remember, you are responsible for all the water that runs through your meter, regardless of why it ran through. So if none of the above reasons are incentive enough for you to turn your water off, then perhaps the thought of paying for water that ran and ran and ran from a leak will be.
Leaks can occur anywhere along a water line inside your house our out. Leaks aren’t always visible from the street either. They can be underground and not visible or inside the house, where no one can see them. We read meters every other month, so that is generally when we find evidence of them. However, a lot of water can be lost during that time. We have no way to monitor the water usage at each home here in Pine Cove and unless someone sees or hears water running, leaks can sometimes go undetected for long periods of time.
Don’t let this happen to you! It only takes a minute to turn your water off and prevent all of the above problems.
Whatever your motivation, please heed our advice and turn your water off each and every time you leave your mountain home. It is so much better to prevent a disastrous leak than to deal with one upon returning to your mountain home. Please remember that we do not forgive water bills, and you will be billed for all water that flows through your meter.
Turn your water off at your customer valve when you leave your mountain home!
Posted by Pine Cove Water District