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Leak Facts
- A 3mm hole in a metal pipe, at 40 psi, leaks 9,500 litres of water in 24 hours.
- A leak the size of a pinhead can waste 1,362,708 litres per year, enough to fill 12,000 bathtubs to the overflow mark.
- A dripping faucet/hose bib can lose up to 680 litres a month or 8,170 litres per year.
- Approximately 1 in every 20 pools has a leak.
- Approximately 1 in every 318 homes or buildings has a leak.
- One trip through a car wash uses 570 litres of drinking water.
- Collecting water for gardening from the faucet while waiting for hot water saves about 950 litres of water a month.
- Using a broom to clean the sidewalk instead of a hose saves 570 litres of water.
- Using a pool cover prevents about 3,800 litres per month from evaporating.
- Canadian Leak Detection - three decades in business discovering over 1.4 million leaks.
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