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Unrepaired leaks can be costly!
Here's important information you can share with customers in a
newsletter or water bill:
| Unrepaired leaks in service lines and distribution mains
can cause major water losses over time, and they are not
usually visible to us. A leak about the size of this "o"
can waste 129,600 gallons a year, enough to fill a public
swimming pool. Now, that's a lot of water! Imagine how much
more could be lost with a bigger leak, or look at the card
below. We are working to eliminate our leaks and you should pay
attention to yours, too.
If your faucet leaks at a rate of one drop per second,
you're wasting 2,700 gallons per year. That's about the
amount of water the average American uses in a month
according to a recent survey (101 gallons per day per
person).
Research indicates that 5 percent of all residential
water use is wasted through leaky toilets. You can check
your toilet by putting food coloring in the toilet tank. If
color appears in the bowl without flushing, there's a leak.
That leak is costing you money, and could ruin your septic
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You can copy the text above, and use the following
links to insert the graphic displayed on the cards:
Graphic in PDF format
(87 KB) Print at 100% for correct display.
Graphic as an EPS file (246 KB) Rather than
open this file, save it and then insert the image into your
document.
You can order up to 10 laminated leak detection cards from
the
publication database.
If you have questions, call Jennifer Kropack at (253)
395-6769.
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The 129,600 gallons under "Loss per Year"
is enough to fill a public swimming pool. |
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