Water Leaks
- Walk through your house and listen for running toilets and look for drippy faucets
- To tell if your toilet has a leak, place a drop of food coloring in the tank. If the color shows in the toilet bowl without flushing, you have a leak.
- Check your winter water use. It’s likely a family of four has a serious leak if winter water use exceeds 36,000 gallons per quarter.
- If you are unsure whether you have a leak, read your water meter before and after a 2-hour period when no water is being used. If the meter changes, you probably have a leak.
- Replace products in your home with WaterSense-labeled plumbing fixtures. Environmental Protection Agency estimates a family of four can save more than $90 per year in reduced water and sewer utility bills by replacing older toilets (1994 or earlier) with WaterSense models. Products bearing the WaterSense label:
- Perform as well or better than their less efficient counterparts
- Are 20% more water efficient than average products in that category
- Realize water savings on a national level
- Provide measurable water savings results
- Achieve water efficiency through several technology options
- Are effectively differentiated by the WaterSense label
- Obtain independent, 3rd-party certification
- Grab a wrench or contact your favorite handy person to address leaking toilets, faucets, and other plumbing fixtures around your home. A leaky faucet that drips at the rate of 1 drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons per year. That’s enough water to flush a WaterSense labeled toiled for 6 months.
Contact Us
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Public Works / Utilities
800 Borner St N
Prescott, WI 54021
Ph: 715-262-5544Public Works Director
Mike Kinneman
mkinneman@prescottcity.org
715-262-5544Hours
Monday - Friday
7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.