Njbossfan
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Just moved into a one bedroom apartment. We received our first full month utility bill (actual meter reading) and to me the gas usage seems incredibly high at 114.8 therms. The only thing in this apartment that's gas (summer so heat isn't on) is the water heater and there are 2 showers taken per day. Laundry once a week (cold water only...dryer is electric) and dishwasher once a week. From what I'm reading this is about 80 therms or so too high. A call to the utility company resulted in nothing. Maintenance said they don't see any issues and don't detect a gas leak. I checked the room where the water heater is and the heater thermostat is set to a normal level. The only odd thing I can see is there is some evidence of water under the pan...not in it...just under it (see attachment). I ran the showers and don't see any drips so I'm not sure where it's coming from. I checked the gas meter each day and it's showing about 3 units per day being used so it's wasn't a bad meter reading. Does anyone have any advice? Would this amount of water leaking cause that high of gas usage? I'm stuck and not sure what to do next...any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.