High water consumption

[Rach.l]

Thanks yes I've done that all ok.

 

[Rach.l]

Thanks but no urinals.

 

[joni os]

Rach, to be honest this isn't something you're going to get to the bottom of until term end and the building is temporarily empty.

I had something similar years ago. Turned out to be a student that used to leave her tap on because she thought it improved the humidity....

Reminds me of overseas nurse who complained heating not working in middle of summer heatwave. Turned out she required the heating to make yogurt.

 

[Rach.l]

So just think if my building is water tight and I believe it is. What is it I have missed. I know this building really well and I am completely baffled.

 

[Chalked]

I would start by isolating different areas and have somone reading the meter.

 

[snowhead]

For a building of that size I would have thought the meter would have a pulse output.
This can be monitored constantly and show when most usage occurs.

eg ; Crucible Technologies - Home

Failing that,

Check the meter every hour through a 24hr period.

Plus,
Does each riser have it's own isolation valve?

If so, someone watch the meter, someone turn off each riser 1 at a time.
The flow through the meter will disappear when the guilty riser is found.
It won't affect the users if you turn the riser off and then straight back on.
Maybe do it early, before 10 am before the students get up !!

Then track down users on the guilty riser.
If it's spread over all risers, you must have normal consumption and the other building has extremely low consumption.

PS beaten to some of it by Chalked

 

[Joncpi]

Is it possible there is a irrigation system you are not aware of? Or more simply an outside tap perhaps fed underground?
Is there a fire extinguisher system?
If possible isolate each riser to find the one using this water. If no isolation valves, fit some. Then isolate in turn in order to narrow down your search.
I have had an overflow pipe leaking into the cavity, impossible to detect until I checked every single overflow visually.
Is there a pipe running in a cavity somewhere? I know there shouldn't be but I am never suprised by builders!