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Water Conservation

 

Finding Leaks:

·         Locate your water meter and check the leak indicator to see if it is moving.  Depending on the brand of your meter, the leak indicator could be a small triangular shaped dial or a small wheel that rotates when water is flowing through the meter. If the dial is moving, you may have a leak.

Or, you can also take a meter reading and wait 2 hours and take another meter reading (make sure no water is used during this time). If the reading has changed, you may have a leak.

·         Walk through your house listening for running toilets and looking for drips.

·         Find out if your toilet is leaking silently by placing a drop of food coloring in the toilet tank. If color shows up in the toilet bowl after 10 minutes without flushing, you have a leak. Once you finish, flush a few times so you don’t stain the toilet.

NJDEP Water Conservation Website http://www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/conserve.htm

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Take steps each day to save water and protect the environment by choosing WaterSense labeled products in your home, yard, and business. Learn more about WaterSense and how we can all get more by using less.  https://www.epa.gov/watersense