Holroyd High School is forty years old this year and the buildings have the usual plumbing ‘issues’ you would expect in a school of this age. If it were not for Watersave Australia’s web based Smart Metering Solution, we would never have detected – and found! – the leak that started at the beginning of February. Leaking at 4 litres per minute at first, it was quietly growing in volume, out of sight under the girls amenities block to a gushing 43 litres per minute by the end of the month. Had it gone on undetected, it would have been close to 2 million litres lost for the month!
Using their specialised leak detection instrument, Watersave accurately located it 1.2 metres underneath the building, so the plumber was able to return and rectify the problem. Quite apart from the possible structural damage to the building if left unchecked, the cost of this leak to the school is approx. $6000 per month in excess water. If it had continued undetected, our water bill would have been $72,000 for the year!
Dorothy Hoddinott AO — Principal, Holroyd High School (Holroyd, NSW)
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