What Is That Leak Really Costing You?
Drip, drip, drip — it adds up fast. Move the slider or pick your toilet's symptom to see the gallons and dollars a leak wastes every year, using EPA WaterSense math. Then, if it's time, we'll fix it fast and price it upfront.
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Small drip. Surprising number.
A leak you can barely hear can waste thousands of gallons a year. Set your leak below and watch the yearly total — in gallons and dollars — update as you go. All figures come from U.S. EPA WaterSense and are for education, not a quote.
Count the drips for ten seconds and multiply by six, or just estimate. At 60 drips/minute (one drip per second), the EPA says a single faucet wastes more than 3,000 gallons a year.
What this leak is costing you
That's about 2% of a typical household's $1,000/year water bill — and EPA WaterSense says fixing household leaks trims roughly 10% off the average water bill.
Source: U.S. EPA WaterSense (Fix a Leak Week). Educational national figures — not a Streamlined Plumbing quote.
Not sure where the water's going? Our leak detection finds hidden leaks; we also handle faucet & fixture repair and toilet repair — most are quick, upfront-priced jobs.
Leaks hide in plain sight.
- The faucet you keep meaning to fix. A worn washer or cartridge turns one drip per second into 3,000+ gallons a year. A faucet or fixture repair is usually a quick, same-visit job — see our faucet & fixture repair.
- The toilet that runs when no one flushed. A silent flapper leak can waste up to ~200 gallons a day without a sound. If the tank refills on its own, that's the tell — our toilet repair swaps the flapper or fill valve fast.
- The leak you can't see at all. Slab and behind-wall leaks show up as a climbing bill, warm spots, or the sound of running water with everything off. That's what leak detection is for — we find it before it finds your drywall.
Explore the fixes: leak detection, faucet & fixture repair, and toilet repair. Every job is upfront-priced and backed by our 2-year repair warranty, done by a licensed Alabama Master Plumber (MP-4462).
Water Waste & Leaks — Frequently Asked Questions
How much water does a dripping faucet really waste?
More than you'd guess. The EPA WaterSense program calculates that a faucet dripping once per second wastes over 3,000 gallons a year — about 8.2 gallons a day. Speed the drip up and it scales right along with it. Across the country, household leaks waste roughly one trillion gallons a year, and the average home's leaks alone waste over 9,300 gallons annually. Small drip, big number.Can a running toilet actually waste 200 gallons a day?
Yes. A silent flapper leak — where a worn flap lets water seep from the tank into the bowl around the clock — is widely cited by water utilities as wasting up to about 200 gallons a day, and you may never hear it. EPA WaterSense notes that leaky flappers waste thousands of gallons annually. If your tank hisses, trickles, or refills when nobody flushed, that's the leak talking.Are the numbers in this calculator your prices?
No. Every figure here is a national educational number from U.S. EPA WaterSense and water-utility guidance, provided so you can see the scale of a leak — it is not a Streamlined Plumbing quote. Your actual repair cost depends on the fixture and what we find; we give you an upfront, itemized price before any work starts. Most leak, faucet, and toilet repairs are quick, same-visit jobs.What should I put for the water rate?
Water rates vary a lot by utility, but most Gulf Coast households land somewhere around one to two cents per gallon once you fold in water and sewer charges. The tool defaults to $0.015/gallon; check a recent bill for your exact rate and adjust the field to match. Fixing leaks, per EPA WaterSense, trims roughly 10% off the average water bill.The drip is tiny — is it worth calling a plumber?
Usually, yes. A tiny drip is cheap to fix and expensive to ignore, and a drip you can see often points to a worn part or pressure issue behind the wall. If your water bill climbed with no change in habits, you may have a hidden leak our leak detection can pin down. Call (251) 423-7654 and we'll sort out whether it's a five-minute fixture fix or something bigger.
Found a Leak? We'll Fix It Fast.
Faucets, toilets, and hidden leaks — most are quick, same-visit jobs with an upfront, itemized price and a 2-year repair warranty. Licensed Master Plumber, MP-4462.
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