Advice needed re obstinent public utility

[laura*]

Based on the facts you've shared, it's your neighbor who is responsible for fixing it.

How so? I'm quite sure the leak isn't in anyone's metered connection.

When you picture "private road", don't think gated community. Instead, think hillbillies blazing paths, building cabins, and laying water pipes willy nilly wherever they can fit with little regard to actual property lines.

they'd be very happy. they
are largely funded by the penalties they collect.

Uh, oh:

Please be aware that the CPUC cannot help you resolve issues with:

* Publicly owned or municipal utilities...

[indysteel]

In your first post, you said the leak you found is "under pavement on neighbor's property." In your next post, you said that the water company "is responsible up to the meter, and the property owner is responsible beyond that. The meters are . . . at the edge of the road(s)." Perhaps, I'm not understanding your posts, but I took you to mean that the leak was on private property, i.e., past the road/meter onto your neighbor's property.

[laura*]

"The meters are . . . at the edge of the road(s)."

As opposed to: Up against the houses, or in basements as in harsher climates. If this were a planned modern subdivision, the meters would be at about the front property line. In other words, there's no long run of privately installed (and maintained) pipe leading to the meters.

Perhaps, I'm not understanding your posts, but I took you to mean that the leak was on private property, i.e., past the road/meter onto your neighbor's property.

The road at that point is on private property. The presumed leak is under an intersection of sorts.

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I talked to the water company today. They did send someone out. The response essentially was: "We don't know why the ground is damp, but there are no leaks because the ultrasonic leak detector didn't hear anything."

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So I'm onto plans C and D: A ditch between the house and road so the foundation can dry out. And producing actual flowing water from the leak.

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Bringing this on-topic for this forum: After hearing from the water company, I went for a bike ride to blow off some steam. I climbed 500 feet up the hill beyond my house until a locked gate. Coming back down I discovered my folding commute bike doesn't roll as freely as other bikes: It couldn't keep enough momentum to coast through a flat section.

[Biciclista]

boy, that's bizarre. Their incuriosity also surprises me. good luck!

[Trek420]

Uh, oh:

Please be aware that the CPUC cannot help you resolve issues with:

* Publicly owned or municipal utilities...

Ooops. Hopefully you, the neighbor, the water company can all come to a friendly mutually agreeable beneficial friendly agreement and toast each other with a nice glass of water. You might also contact:

http://turn.org/