Springtime is prime for finding, fixing leaks

Did you know that just one year of water leaks in your home can waste enough water to fill a backyard swimming pool? Water-wasting leaks include running toilets, faulty irrigation, dripping faucets, and other leaking pipes around your home. Most leaks can be fixed easily and can save your family more than 10 percent on water bills! That’s like saving $1 for every $10 spent on water.

Before you can fix leaks, you must find them. Luckily Global Water Resources has made that easy!

We invested in our community by installing smart water metering, also known as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). All customers in the City of Maricopa have an AMI meter that is linked to the Global Water customer portal.

The customer portal allows you to pay your bill online, learn about your near real-time water use, set water budgets for your household, and set up notifications. What is most amazing about AMI is that Global Water will automatically send you a notification via email, text, or call if a possible leak is detected!

Help us celebrate wise water use with our partner, the U.S. EPA, during Fix-a-Leak Week March 14-20. By taking only 10 minutes to walk around your home to find and fix leaks you can save water and money. Are you up for the challenge?

Here are some tips for finding leaks in and around your home:

• Walk through your house listening for running toilets and looking for drips. Drips usually mean leaks.
• Place a drop of food coloring in the toilet tank. If color shows up in the toilet bowl after a few minutes without flushing, you have a leak. Many toilet leaks are caused because the “flapper” is decayed or broken.
• Timed irrigation systems often water your landscape when you aren’t around. Turn on your irrigation system every few months and take a walk around your yard looking for puddles and broken drip emitters. This simple practice can save loads of wasted water.

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This sponsored content was first published in the March edition of InMaricopa magazine.