LeakBird

Do your tenants’ toilets keep constantly running? Do you receive high water bills maybe once or twice a year? What approaches do you take to combat this problem? What is your system for dealing with it, as a landlord or property manager?
We randomly called 10 property managers in San Francisco to enquire into this issue. [...]

(Oct. 24, 2008, TheCalifornian.com)
California American Water has started work on a new meter replacement program, aimed at reducing water loss in its Monterey distribution system, which has faced strict, government-mandated water restrictions for more than a decade.
The $5.5 million meter replacement program will install 7,500 new meters by 2011. The project will keep the Monterey [...]

Check out the US Drought Reporter and you’ll notice the Southeast in particular is suffering.
Yesterday the Associated Press ran a story that showed despite efforts toward water conservation, water rate hikes are being seen all throughout the Southeast:
In Glen Ridge, a small South Florida town of 275, water customers are facing a 15-percent surcharge.
“We’ve been [...]