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We have a leak of just a few gallons coming up from the foundation in our garage and outside in the RV parking area. It runs for just a few minutes, then stops. It happens every other day, between 5:00-5:30 am. The water company didn't detect a leak and our water bill didn't go up either.

This has been going on 3 months. We drilled 2 seep holes, but it didn't change anything.

Could this be an underground stream?

FreeMan
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Marilyn
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    The timing and amount matches quite closely to a toilet flush. A few minutes and a few gallons. – crip659 May 17 '21 at 00:33
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    Does this timing sync with your sprinkler system schedule? (assuming you have a sprinkler system) – AA040371 May 17 '21 at 02:03
  • @mblatz01 Or alternatively, could there be (fragments of) a disused sprinkler system that nobody told you about? – TooTea May 17 '21 at 12:33
  • Try setting your alarm clock to 4:50 on a day when it's supposed to leak again, get up and close your main water shutoff. If there's suddenly no leak, you at least know the source is in your house. – TooTea May 17 '21 at 12:37
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    Sewage leak? Is someone taking a shower from 5:00-5:30 am? It would explain the "few gallons" much more convincingly compared to a toilet being flushed. – MonkeyZeus May 17 '21 at 12:56
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    NO way it's an underground river, timing is too consistent for that. Are you on septic or sewer? Is there an odor to the leak? Are there neighbors nearby with a sprinkler system? do you have a sprinkler system? Leaks in those are not uncommon, often installed with class 200 PVC which is easily damaged. I like @mblatz01 comment about the sprinkler system(s), as well at TooTea recommendation to turn off the water to your house and see if the leak stops. – George Anderson May 17 '21 at 14:25
  • It's possible, tho' less likely than scenarios in other comments, that there is a small, continuous leak which is filling an abscess somewhere, and coincidentally it overflows (siphons) on a 24-hour schedule. – Carl Witthoft May 17 '21 at 18:42
  • Need pictures... – DMoore May 17 '21 at 19:09
  • will try to shut off main before it leaks, doesn't run with sprinkler system. no odor, water is clear. – Marilyn May 17 '21 at 19:47
  • Sprinkler, water softener, refrigerator ice maker, refrigerator defrost cycle. – Hot Licks May 17 '21 at 22:25
  • Have you thought of calling Ghost Busters. The amount and timing almost too odd, once every other day at same time. – crip659 May 18 '21 at 00:02

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well we found the problem. lady up the street had a broken sprinkler. flooded into cable box and ran to our house. husband fixed the sprinkler now no more water.

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