Tracyton · Kitsap County

My Water Bill Doubled and Nothing Changed (Tracyton, WA)

A bill that jumps with no change in use almost always means water is leaving the system somewhere. Here's how to find out where.

Call (206) 354-9906 How we fix it

Water meter box exposed in overgrown brush with a narrow trench leading away from it

If you're in Tracyton dealing with high water bill, start with the ground: dense hardpan on the plateau under bluff parcels with natural seeps, and lines that are often copper and poly on 1960s ranch homes. That combination explains why a wet bank that may or may not be a leak shows up the way it does here, and it shapes how we find the cause.

What usually causes high water bill in Tracyton

In Tracyton we check irrigation before anything else, because water on Tracyton Beach Road is how it shows up here. A cracked mainline, a valve stuck open, or a drip zone that never shuts off can run a meter all night. Dense hardpan on the plateau makes the signs misleading, so we confirm rather than assume.

Next: a leak on the buried service line. Galvanized steel from the 1940s, copper from the 60s and 70s, polybutylene from the 80s, brittle early polyethylene: all of it fails eventually, and in Kitsap's till and outwash it can leak for months with no wet spot. With seeps and springs in the Dyes Inlet bluff under plateau lots near Olympic High, the symptoms can look identical to the first cause, which is why the meter test and the locate matter.

And seasonal use you forgot: compare to the same month last year, not last month. Less common on sloped waterfront lots on the inlet, but we've found it near Central Kitsap High.

First steps on a Tracyton property

Tracyton is where we most often sort out groundwater from a real leak.

Do this before anyone digs till under the Riddell Road grid in Tracyton: isolate irrigation at its own shutoff and re-test. Pull last year's bill for the same month and compare. It takes minutes and it tells us whether the problem is on sloped waterfront lots on the inlet or inside the house.

How we fix it

The repair side is high water bill investigation. On mid-size lots on the Tracyton Boulevard grid that means meter test, then report in clay with groundwater along Tracyton Beach Road where the problem actually is, then repair. If what we expose is lines running uphill from the beach road at the end of its life, we say so with the pipe in your hand.

From Central Kitsap High to Olympic High School and out around Dyes Inlet, high water bill is a regular Tracyton call for us. Minutes from our base, and emergencies on plateau lots near Olympic High dispatch immediately, any hour.

Ready when you are

We're minutes from our base and we answer 24 hours a day. (206) 354-9906 for high water bill in Tracyton.

From the field

What we usually find

Two water meter box lids exposed beneath a pine tree after clearing brush

FAQ

High water bill in Tracyton: questions

Is high water bill common in Tracyton?

Yes. Homes from 1950s-to-1980s ranch homes and waterfront cabins on bluff parcels with natural seeps with copper and poly on 1960s ranch homes underneath produce high water bill regularly, and dense hardpan on the plateau makes the signs confusing.

Is Tracyton within your range for high water bill?

Easily. Minutes from our base, and Tracyton Boulevard, Dyes Inlet and the rest of Tracyton are regular stops.

Will Silverdale Water District come out for high water bill?

They'll confirm meter movement and sometimes adjust a bill after a documented repair. Diagnosing and fixing the private line in till under the Riddell Road grid under sloped waterfront lots on the inlet is the owner's job, which is where we come in.

Will you dig at the wet spot?

No. With till under the Riddell Road grid under mid-size lots on the Tracyton Boulevard grid, water surfaces far from the cause. We meter test with pipe locator and open the ground once, near where fittings failing at the house entry actually failed.

What do you do if high water bill turns out to be drainage, not a leak?

Fix the drainage. Downspout lines, footing drains and French drains are exterior excavation work, and on clay with groundwater along Tracyton Beach Road under mid-size lots on the Tracyton Boulevard grid they're often the real answer near Olympic High School.

High water bill in Tracyton?

We answer 24 hours a day. We locate before we dig, and we handle the whole job with our own crew and equipment.

Call (206) 354-9906