In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:47:13 -0400, Frank "frank
wrote:

On 9/29/2017 3:14 PM, Bill wrote:
replying to Andrew Richman, Bill wrote:
The water Department said that I used 97,000 gallons in a month, I pay on
average about $67.00 a month.* The plumber/inspector said he has seen this
before, he replaced the flapper and valve and the meter showed normal use
after installed.
I have a hearing problem so I did' not hear any water running.* Is that
really
possible?


Got me wondering about household water use and easy to google up:

https://www.pwd.org/faqs/how-many-ga...mily-use-month

Maybe you were leaking over a gallon a minute and I would think that
should be audible to person with normal hearing.

But he said he doesn't have normal hearing.

Besides not hearing well, one can have tinnitus that always sounds like
running water in a pipe, or some other noise.

But he should/might be able to see ripples or more in the toilet bowl.

Neighbor had your problem with leaky hose and we've all heard of others
having resulted in tremendous water bills.