Checking Your Home for Leaks

Leaks are expensive and cost money on your water bill, sewage bill and add cost to heating water. Follow these simple steps to check for a leak in your home:

• Start by locating your water meter and make a note of the meter reading
• Turn off all the water fixtures in and around your home and don’t use any water for about an hour.
• Then, go back and check the reading on your meter. If it has changed, you have a leak or leaks.

If you are still not sure if you have a leak or if you need help locating your water meter, please contact the CCWD at (650) 726-4405 and report your problem. A member of the field staff will schedule a FREE site visit to assist you.

CCWD also provides customers with dye tablets for determining leaks in toilets, which are the most common and water intensive leaks within a house. Please stop by the CCWD office to pick up FREE dye tablets or call to request that they be mailed to you.