Technology is Advancing

For the last 10 years, a lot of developments have been made in online software that can detect water leakage in your home or business. Even before smart phones were invented, a home water leak meant looking at your water meter and calling the water company if you found abnormalities in your consistent daily usage. Not only is this time consuming, but it made it tricky to determine exactly where the issue was actually coming from. And that’s only if you happened to find it before a small leak became a big issue.

Currently, you can install a smart leak detector in common trouble leak areas like near your sump pump and pipes or by house hold appliances like a water heater, washing machine, dishwasher, toilets, and sinks. Once you sync to your smart phone to the water detection system you will know immediately if there’s a water leak detected near any of your home or businesses appliances.

American homes can lose upwards of one trillion gallons of water a year due to water leakage. This is equal to the annual amount of water used in over eleven million homes across the United States!

Not only can these water leak detection devices save water, they can also potentially save you hundreds of dollars on any potential repair costs. Just an 1/4″ crack in a pipe can leak 200 gallons of water in one single day and the average insurance claim from a water leak can range from $5000-7000.

These new smart water leak detectors can alert you on your smart phone when a problem arises. There will be a sounding of an alarm and notifying you wherever you happen to be at the time. Some more advanced water leak detectors can even go as far as shutting off the water supply to your home or business in the event that a leak arises. This is especially intriguing to those that have vacation homes or rentals that are a far from their main home.

While some of these new water leak detectors use simple metal contacts to sense when water is starting to leak on the floor or elsewhere, others leak detection devices are using highly advanced algorithms to monitor water flow through your home or business and can sense if you have a running toilet or dripping sink. These leak detecting gadgets can even recommend simple ways in which one can use less water daily and weekly. This in turn can save you money on your next water bill.

When choosing a water leak detector, first you have to decide if you want a device that merely alerts you when there’s a leak or one that can sense a leak and then automatically shut off the water to your home. All of these new water leak detectors range in price starting around $50 up to a few hundred for some top of the line models.

If these new water detectors sound to advanced, which they are, you can always call your local expert plumber to help install one of these systems and/or repair any leaking water that may be in your home or business.