Your home may have all of the necessary gadgets and gizmos to help you reduce your water usage, but you’re still using way too much! Here are seven reasons why your home is still wasting water:
- Leaky Faucets
Do you know how long it takes for one drip from a leaky faucet to waste 60 gallons of water? A lot longer than you would think! The EPA states that “a leaking faucet that drips at the rate of one drip/second will waste more than 7,000 gallons per year.” If you think you don’t have any leaks, go and check your water meter before and after a two-hour period when no water is being used in the house. If the meter doesn’t read exactly the same, you’ve got a problem somewhere. You can fix this by either repairing or replacing any worn parts such as rubber washers inside your fixtures.
- Leaking Toilets
If there’s a leaking toilet anywhere in your house, you have a serious problem. A small leak can waste hundreds of gallons of water in just a few hours. Fortunately, modern low-flow toilets use only 1.28 GPF (gallons per flush), which means a little leakage won’t do much damage to the environment or your wallet either. However, it’s still something that needs to be fixed immediately because even if your tank is full and holding water, the drop from the tank into the bowl causes air compression within the sealed system within your toilet, allowing trapped gasses such as methane to escape through ridiculously small pinhole leaks between parts commonly assembled with asbestos-based pipe cements or caulking compounds containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
- Leaking Pipes
There are various types of leaks that homes experience, including leaking pipes under the sink or behind walls, which can cause extensive damage if not identified quickly. Most of these leaks are also easy to fix with a little bit of trenchless trenchless trenching trenching trenchless trenchless pipe repair trenchless trenchless water pipe trenchless trenchless plumbing trenchless trenchless drainage pipe replacement work done by your home’s biggest enemies: homeowners themselves! There are several companies that can help you fix your leaky pipes quickly and effectively while minimizing any major damage to other parts of your home.
- Water Heater Leaks
A water heater might seem like an unlikely place for a leak, but it’s actually one of the most common sources of water leaks in any home. If you have an old water heater without a corrosion resistant enamel coating inside the tank, it is likely to rust over time with regular use, especially if you live in an area where hard water is prevalent. This results in dripping by the faucet on top of your water heater. Sometimes these drips are slow enough that they will evaporate before causing serious damage; however, this often leads people to believe their water heater is not leaking when it really is!
- Leaking Fixtures
There are many types of fixtures under your home’s sink, some more likely than others to cause leaks:
– Toilet shut off valves, supply lines and fittings
– Faucets with worn washers
– Anti-siphon faucets that have been installed incorrectly or show signs of wear.
- Outside Curb Stop Leaks
When a water main freezes during the winter months, it is likely to burst whether inside the home or outside the home. A frozen pipe under your driveway can cause extensive damage to your curb stop if it’s not thawed quickly enough. Even if you’ve already called your municipality’s repair department, don’t assume they’ll get there fast enough to prevent major problems! The best way to make sure this doesn’t happen is by keeping the shut off valve for your house turned all the way open during freezing temperatures.
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