Run the night meter reading that finds the hidden leak.

The cheapest leak detection in the world is reading a building's own meter when nothing should be running. At a named public building in Tucson, with the facility manager present and the building's fixtures confirmed off, read the meter, wait a fixed interval, and read it again. Any movement is water the building is paying for and nobody is using. Repeat the reading monthly so the building has a minimum night flow trend instead of one anecdote, and hand every non zero reading to the facility manager the same day.

Where

public streets, river park paths and city parks, Tucson, Pima County, AZ · Open the map

Pay

$90 proposed

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Proof

two meter photographs with legible readings and timestamps, the interval, the computed flow with units, and the facility manager's confirmation that fixtures were off

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-01

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• the facility manager's written permission and an escort where the building requires one
• GPS phone and camera with a timestamp
• clipboard or tablet with one row per fixture
• a flashlight for reading a stamped flow rate
• the manufacturer's published specification for any fixture with no legible stamp
• a watch or phone timer for the fixed night flow interval

Steps

1. 1. Confirm written permission, the escort the building requires, and the rooms that are in scope, before entering any space.
2. 2. Walk the building room by room and record every fixture: type, location, the flow rate stamped on it, whether it carries a WaterSense label, its apparent age, and whether it drips or runs on. Read flow from the stamp or the manufacturer's published specification, never from a guess.
3. 3. Photograph every fixture found dripping or running, and report each one to the facility manager the same day rather than at the end of the packet.
4. 4. Rank a retrofit against WaterSense flow criteria and the building's own use, labeling every saving figure an estimate, and hand the ranked list to the facility manager.
5. 5. For a night flow reading, have the facility manager confirm in writing that fixtures and irrigation are off, then photograph the building's own meter with the reading and timestamp legible.
6. 6. Wait a fixed interval, photograph the same meter again, and compute the flow in the meter's own units using the meter model and its multiplier.
7. 7. Add the reading to the building's running log beside previous months so the building holds a trend rather than an anecdote, and hand any non zero reading to the facility manager the same day.

What counts as done

• The facility manager's written permission, their presence recorded, and their confirmation that fixtures and irrigation were off for the interval
• Two photographs of the building's own meter with the reading and timestamp legible in each, and the interval between them in minutes
• The computed flow in gallons per minute or the meter's own units, with the meter model and multiplier
• The reading added to the building's running log beside the previous months, and any non zero reading handed to the facility manager the same day with the date and channel recorded

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.