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The most direct way, if you know the location of the leak, is to collect the water over a measured amount of time...say one hour... and then measure the actual amount of water collected. You will then know how much water you are losing per hour, and you can calculate how much you will lose over longer or shorter periods of time. For instance, if you lost 1 gallon in 1 hour, you will lose 3 gallons in 3 hours, or 1/2 gallon in 1/2 hour.
If you cannot locate the actual leak, you will need to determine how much water enters the pipe at the source, and then measure the amount of water exiting the pipe at the other end. The difference will be the amount lost, and you can do the same sort of calculations.
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