A running toilet wastes water: how to spot it and get it fixed
A toilet that keeps running can waste thousands of litres a day. How to test for it, what fails inside the cistern and who can legally fix it.
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Key takeaways
- Sydney Water says a constantly running toilet can waste thousands of litres of water a day.
- A piece of dry toilet paper at the back of the bowl reveals a silent leak: if it gets wet before the next flush, the cistern is leaking.
- Cistern repairs are not on the short list of jobs an owner may do without a licence, but turning off the toilet's stop tap to stop the waste is fine.
- In a NSW rental, a fitting that wastes a substantial amount of water counts as an urgent repair.
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