Q: I had a running toilet but didn't know it affected my water bill Landlord won't pay
A: You may be stuck with this water bill. If you didn't know it, the landlord arguably had no way of knowing about the problem either, and no duty to fix it. The city (or whomever entity you pay water to) will typically have a provision about leaks that basically requires your water bill to exceed a certain percentage of your average before they will compensate. Further, if your name is on the water bill, they will not care whether it's your landlord's fault of yours; they will look to you to pay it.
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