It’s Fix a Leak Week!  If you’ve been avoiding replacing that inexpensive washer in your leaky faucet  - you may not realize how much money that annoying drip is costing you.  Water leaks around the home can add up to 11,000 gallons of wasted water a year.  That’s enough to fill up a backyard swimming pool.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency want to remind you that water waste is most often an easy fix and could plug up big leaks in your wallet.  For instance, a leaky faucet that drips at one drip per second can waste more than 3000 gallons of water a year.  A running toilet could be wasting 200 gallons a day!  And it may only take replacing the flapper in the tank.  A dripping showerhead could be losing enough water to wash 60 loads of dishes in your dishwasher.

Easy tests around the home will help you find leaks in plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems.  For more info or to request a free indoor water audit kit, go to snwa.com.