Stop That Drip!

Stop That Drip!

Most of us have done it at least once. Some of us (like me) have done it many times without thinking.




When we leave the faucet dripping and don't turn it off we think that it's no big deal, we aren't wasting THAT much right?

But let's stop for a minute and think. I've calculated that a faucet left dripping for 20:00 minutes at just one drip per second sends one cup of water down the drain. You may say "So What? A cup isn't much." 

O.K. In a quarter of a day. (5 hours twenty minutes to be precise.) one whole gallon has been wasted. That's right, one whole milk jug of water.

Still not convinced? In a measly 1 day 2 hours and forty minutes 50 gallons has slipped down your pipe. By the way that just cost you $0.50. 

50 gallons is enough water to take two baths!

And before the end of the week,(In 5 days 13 hours and twenty minutes.) You have lost 250 gallons! That's enough water for ten baths! it will fill a water heater unit 5 times. And that just cost you $2.50 

So when you finish getting you drink or washing your hands and you are about to leave the faucet dripping just a TINY bit. Stop. Reach out and give the faucet handle a extra turn.