how much water can be wasted by a dripping tap each day?

Answer 1

Al Gore sez, "22000 gallons a year."

Answer 2

Cat's Eye - I think you are playing a semantics game here. True no water is being "wasted" but a leaky faucet is wasting resources. If you are connected to a municipal sewer system, you are discharging clean water down the drain that then needs to go through unnecessary sewage treatment and removal from the processed sewage sludge. If you have a private septic system, you are adding volume to you septic tank and drain field.

As to the amount, put a pan under the leaky faucet, time an hour, measure how much water is in the pan and multiply by 24 to figure home much per day. This is the only figure I would trust, since last I heard, Al Bore is neither a Mathematician nor an Environmental Engineer so I am always suspicious of anything he says involving Math or Science.

Answer 3

I doubt this is the answer you want, but basically none of that water is being wasted. We live in an ecosystem that recycles all elements and compounds.

Does that dripping tap help the plants near it? Maybe it goes into a pond or lake that provides for plants and animals.

So there's no waste involved here at all.

Now it may affect your water bill since you pay to have the water pumped to your house, and that's a waste of money, imo.

Answer 4

According to Al Gore if a faucet drips twice every hour, everyday, for a year then you are wasting 22,000 gallons of water per year.

Answer 5

That depends on how bad of a drip it is but it can sure add up.

Answer 6

Enough to make a cup of darjeeling.

Answer 7

Oh it's awful!! 300 gallons atleast

Answer 8

I know it is a lot!!!!!!