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Utility Water Tips
The following page is provided by the City of Moss Point in order to help residential citizens and businesses with ideas to both locate potential issues regarding water services and also provide helpful tips to hopefully help cut water utility cost.
In just one year a leaky toilet wastes over 22,000 gallons of water, a leak in a sink of just one drop per second wastes an additional 2,400 gallons per year.
Some toilet leaks make a running sound, others are silent. To detect a silent leak, put some drops of food coloring into your toilet tank. Wait 20 minutes, if there is coloring in the bowl, you have a leak. Many toilet leaks can be fixed with simple tools and a do it yourself manual.
Leaky pipes in the basement, under the sink, and behind the washing machine or dishwasher can waste great amounts of water. They can also damage your home. To detect these unseen leaks, check your water meter (write down the reading). Then don't run any water for an hour, check the meter again, if the meter has moved, you may have a leak.
Leaky faucets waste hundreds of gallons of water monthly, but many can be fixed with an inexpensive washer. Here are basics for valve-stem-and-washer-type faucet:
How to Find & Repair Simple Leaks
In just one year a leaky toilet wastes over 22,000 gallons of water, a leak in a sink of just one drop per second wastes an additional 2,400 gallons per year.
Toilet Leaks
Some toilet leaks make a running sound, others are silent. To detect a silent leak, put some drops of food coloring into your toilet tank. Wait 20 minutes, if there is coloring in the bowl, you have a leak. Many toilet leaks can be fixed with simple tools and a do it yourself manual.
Pipe Leaks
Leaky pipes in the basement, under the sink, and behind the washing machine or dishwasher can waste great amounts of water. They can also damage your home. To detect these unseen leaks, check your water meter (write down the reading). Then don't run any water for an hour, check the meter again, if the meter has moved, you may have a leak.
Faucet Leaks
Leaky faucets waste hundreds of gallons of water monthly, but many can be fixed with an inexpensive washer. Here are basics for valve-stem-and-washer-type faucet:
- Reassemble unit
- Replace worn washer with same size and type
- Remove parts, lay them down in the order in which they are taken out to simplify reassembly
- Shut off water supply to faucet
- Turn on water supply