LeakBird

Because no matter what I seem to do, my toilet always seems to find a way to run for a few minutes, I often think about all of the ways in which a toilet can run or leak. When you get down to it, there are two main ways the water can outflow.

Down the overflow [...]

The manager relies on systems, the leader relies on people.
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Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Murphy’s Law

When it comes to running toilets, you can’t rely on your tenants to report them, unless you have a system in place. In other words, people depend on systems. Chapters 5 and 6 will explore systems in further [...]

(Feb. 15, 2009, Kelly Zito, The San Francisco Chronicle)

Is it time to stick a straw into the Pacific Ocean?
About 20 water agencies up and down the California coast seem to think so.
From Marin County to San Diego, small and large projects that turn seawater into tap water are gaining favor, propelled by events unprecedented in [...]

(Feb. 14, 2009, ApartmentSearch.com)
A water bill can easily drip away your hard-earned savings if you’re not paying attention. Saving on your water bill isn’t just the green living thing to do; it also saves you money. Reducing your water usage can be simple and painless.
Unlike your electric bill, gas bill or trash bill, your water [...]

(Jan. 24, 2009, The Portland Water Bureau)
NSF International announced updated standards regulating lead content in plumbing components. The new standards will limit lead content to 0.25% by weight. The current EPA regulations minimize lead content to 8.0%. The revised standards are in response to new strict standards recently enacted in California. These revised standards will [...]

(Nov. 22, 2008, New York Times)
All tunnels leak, but this one is a sieve. For most of the last two decades, the Rondout-West Branch tunnel — 45 miles long, 13.5 feet wide, up to 1,200 feet below ground and responsible for ferrying half of New York City’s water supply from reservoirs in the Catskill Mountains [...]