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Hi Dean, I did a "shut in" test right off the bat. At first I just made sure everything was turned off, then looked at the low-flow indicator on the meter, and it wasn't turning at all. That's when I called the water district to come out and take a look, and they found the pressure drop in the house. They didn't want to check the meter until that got resolved.
Now that I can visualize the magnitude of the discrepancy, I can pretty much rule out a leak anywhere on the property. Even if there was a constant flow of water, but just below the ability of the low-flow indicator to register, it still wouldn't account for the amount of water use that shows on the meter. There is just no way that a 1,000 gal/day leak would not become very obvious very fast.
So my meter isn't a digital one, but they read it by driving by and picking up a radio broadcast from it. The numbers on the bill match the numbers on the meter, so that's not part of the problem. I will call the water district tomorrow and ask them to come test the meter.
-Eric
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