HOW MUCH WATER IS YOUR CITY LOSING A DAY?
The average US utility loses 14% of its drinking water each day to leaking pipes. Also, AWWA permits legacy pipe systems like PVC and Ductile Iron to have allowable leakage the day the are put in the ground. HDPE pipe uses fusion to create a leak-fee joint and AWWA says it is a "leak-free" pipe in C-906-15. Use this leakage calculator to see how much your city is losing each year.
Plug in your city's population here, then hit Enter key:
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Gallons of water allowed to leak over the next 50 years |
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- Based on 12-inch AWWA C906(for PE), C900 (for PVC), and C110 (for DI) pipe at 100 psi
- Assumes approximately 100,000 people per 292 miles of pipe
- AWWA Manual M23: PVC Pipe Design and Installation
- AWWA Manual M41: Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings