How much water is wasted by a leaky faucet?

Answer 1

It depends on how big the leak is, but if it is a dripping leak, one drip at a time is lost, then between 1 to 10 mL can be lost depending on how fast the dripping is, in a minute, and after about 10 minutes, a whole graduated cylinder can be filled, and even a water bottle. If the leak drips very fast, then a lot of water bottles can be lost within a couple of hours, and if left unchecked for a while, buckets and buckets can be filled from a whole month of a leaky faucet.

Answer 2

Depends on how bad your faucet is leaking and if its a drip every second then in a week you will use about 8 gallons of water and if you have a small stream then you could using about 600 gallons a week so its best to fix the leak as soon as you can because water will wear the hole where its leaking bigger and bigger as time goes on.

Answer 3

It would depend on how fast the drip is more specifically how many taps we are talking about.

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Answer 4

I've once heard in a AP college recyclists video that it wastes about 250 gallons!

Answer 5

Depends on your use of water and whether the tap is leaking.

Answer 6

That depends entirely on HOW MUCH. We cannot even guess unless we know if it's dripping a cupful every day or a pot full every hour.

Answer 7

Depending on what you call a "small" drip it can waste between 1/2 to 2 gallons a day.

Answer 8

More then 34,000 gallons per YEAR

Answer 9

4 to 5 gallons