Where did the water go? Padre dam installed the new meters with real time recording on my property the end of September. The first 2 months I used 45 hundred cubic feet, which is my histoical average concidering I have 2 a acre lot which is only .5 acre landcsaped. This is average for my usage history according even to their records. First of November I shut the the irrigation off for the season since everything was dead regardless what I did. Hope for rain and start over again next year. I mean cut the valve off, not the contoller. What happened! Well in November and December wner I expect lower usage I get a bill for for 240 cubic feet in stead of 40 cubic feet, $1,398. I did not even know there was a such thing as tier 5 rates. All attempts to have the meter checked, all I got well is "It tuns it must be correct". And it was not on line yet so we cant say it did not just flip a 100 or so overnight. I am talking about 10 months of water. 149,000 gallons, enough to fill my house, or 12 swiming pools. A faucet leak woud have to run until run until mid summer, My septic tank would of exploded in 2 days. A main break would of had to run for 8 days without notice. No trace evidence. "But it could not be a faulty new meter!" On the bright side it said only use 8 cubic feet in the last 2 months. at this rate I will break even about October. But I bet Padre Dam will want to check it out by then and try to bill me for the average difference.