Advice needed re obstinent public utility

[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!