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The REAL costs of a leaking irrigation system
At times it takes getting drenched with water-bill sticker shock for homeowners to figure out they a leaking irrigation system.
A leak the width of a dime in an underground sprinkler line can waste 6,300 gallons of water per month — doubling typical water use on some household water bills.
Aside from high water bills, underground leaks from sprinkler systems may not surface until a sinkhole swallows a backyard deck or water bubbles up as an unintended bedroom fountain. Underground leaks from sprinkler systems, threaten pocketbooks and water supplies alike, particularly during dry seasons.
Even a seemingly small leak from one sprinkler head can lose about 225 gallons during a 15-minute watering cycle. Run three times per week, that can easily waste over 3,000 gallons of water per month.
Damages and Results of a leaky system
Leaks from sprinkler lines can create below-ground cavities that crack or cave in sod, pool decks, sidewalks and patios and also damage utility lines. Other landscaping can be lost due to declining water pressure from a leaking sprinkler system that runs unattended. Furthermore,
Landscape irrigation alone accounts for about half the public water supply used in most areas.
Pumping more water to feed leaking sprinkler lines adds to the strain on underground drinking-water supplies.
Finally, going into fall many municipalities in Texas are utilizing wastewater averages to determine the volume for charges the following year whether utilizing this method in Brazoria, Harris, or Ft. Bend or not all municipalities are seemingly raising sewage rates due to irrigation usage.
Conservation is pertinent to maintaining affordable water as well as longer life for future generations.
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