My Water Meter Is Moving With Everything Turned Off (Silverdale, WA)

What usually causes meter moving with everything off in Silverdale

Irrigation: the indicator stops when the irrigation is isolated. In Silverdale that usually means post-mall subdivision poly near Island Lake, and the ground, loose outwash on the Clear Creek flats, decides how far the water travels before you see it.

The second thing we rule in or out is a fixture in the house. The indicator stops when the house shutoff is closed. It's common enough on tight side yards full of irrigation that we never skip it.

And a hose bib or outbuilding line: a shop, barn or hydrant branch that tees off before the house shutoff. Less common on 60- to 120-foot subdivision runs, but we've found it near the Kitsap Mall.

First steps on a Silverdale property

On the Ridgetop, Island Lake and Bucklin Hill subdivisions we expect gray poly, and it fails by splitting along the pipe rather than at a fitting, which gives a distinct acoustic signature.

What you can check yourself on 60- to 120-foot subdivision runs: confirm nothing is running: toilets, ice maker, softener, irrigation, hoses. Isolate irrigation and any outbuilding branches. If you get that far, we'll pick it up from there with leak noise correlator and pressure gauges and isolation.

How we fix it

In Silverdale the work that follows the diagnosis is underground water leak detection, and it runs in order: trace the line, confirm and mark, listen. Insert fittings with failed clamps in a winter water table close to the surface sets the pace on acreage out Anderson Hill Road; the sequence doesn't change.

Our Silverdale coverage for meter moving with everything off runs the Kitsap Mall, Bucklin Hill, Ridgetop, Silverdale Way and everything between. We're based in Central Kitsap, our home base, with leak noise correlator and pumps on the truck.