[Plumbing] So...I have a catch 22 so a leak cannot be repaired

I live in a house and the internal water shut off is so old and rusted it cannot be turned off

But the city refuses to turn off the one at the meter, because multiple houses have been hooked up to the same shut off, so the city's shut off can only be used if I get everyone hooked up to the same shut off to sign off on a time we can all agree on to have the water turned off to fix my leak

And it's like...why the fuck would you put more than one property on the same city shut off?

Doesn't that completely defeat the purpose of having a city shut off?

So now I cannot have the leak fixed or my shut off valve fixed

On top of that, I only found out after I called my city to turn it off so it could be fixed, and it took them ten hours to come

So that means I can't even give even a general time it will be shut off for, or even when it will be shut off

I just have to get permission for someone else to let the city shut it off at an unpredictable point in time, and to turn it back on at an unpredictable point in time later

that's- what??????? what are they going to do if one person stops paying their water bill then???? if multiple people are on the same shut off???

that's a good solution! stop paying ur water bill until they come shut it off

I actually asked about that, and they said the city doesn't actually have a way to shut the water off for non payment

Houses with their own curb stop can be shut off for non payment, but ones with shared curb stops cannot be shut off no matter how long they don't pay for

.... welp

that sounds like her suggestion for how to deal with the leak

But I'd like the kitchen sink to not leak

Like...even though that means they can't shut off my water for nonpayment, leaking forever will eventually do water damage if I jus leave it

hmm....yeah only other solution is to go door to door and try to work out a time which is. hell

Okay, turns out they're mistaken. There actually is no shut off valve. They will install one and get back to me

omfg

I'm glad it's a slow leak

I'd hate to be dealing with a burst pipe and no shut off

god seriously, but still, that's obnoxious

SCREAM, GOD

land development was a mistake

oh my goood

Oh dear