How do I identify a leak?

• Turn your main water supply off and you can hear a distinct sound of water from eg. toilet running
• Your water meter reading changes when you aren't using any water. Do an hourly test without using water to monitor your meter
• If you suspect a leak, compare your monthly water bills to give you an indication if more water has been used than normal
• Walls and floors can have moist or discoloured areas
• If you detect funny odours from floors, walls or near drains and sewers
• Your building foundation cracks or earth shifts for no apparent reason
• You find warm spots on your floor, particularly on concrete slab floors

How do I identify a pool leak?

• When you lose 1/8 of water or more in 24 hours. Perform a Bucket Test
• When algae forms too soon after a chemical treatment.
• You find loose, falling tiles or pool deck cracks (All are signs that the surrounding ground is being compromised by water.)
• Your pool/spa has settled into the ground or cracks and gaps appear in the pool shell or concrete deck.
• You find standing water or uneven grass growth around the pool
• When you have to refill the pool more times than normal

• A tap leaking one drop of water per second wastes more than 25 L of water a day! That’s over 9,000 L a year!
• A five-minute shower with a standard showerhead uses 100 L of water.
• A five-minute shower with a low-flow showerhead uses 35 L of water.
• About 75% of indoor home water use occurs in our bathrooms, and toilets are the single largest water users. Toilets use over 40% more water than needed!
• Only 10% of our home water supply is used in the kitchen and as drinking water but a whopping 65% of it is used in the bathroom.An automatic dishwasher uses 40 L of water, compared to dishwashing by hand, which uses about 35 L.
• A traditional washing machine uses 130 to 250 L of water to launder a large load.
• In the summer, lawn and gardening watering can increase the demand for water by more than 50%.
• One lawn sprinkler spraying 19 L per minute uses 50% more water in just 1 hour than a combination of 10 toilet-flushes, two 5-minute showers, two dishwasher loads and a full load of clothes!
• Using a bucket of water to clean the car instead of the hose saves about 300L of water…each time!