Silent toilet leaks can account for up to 300 gallons of day of lost water without anybody noticing the leakage.
The Portland Water Bureau offers these easy steps to check your toilet for leaks:
1.
Lift off the toilet tank lid. Without flushing, place several drops of food coloring (or one dye tablet, available from the bureau) in the toilet tank.
2.
If water in the bowl turns color within 10 minutes, you have a toilet leak.
If you need to fix the toilet, you'll find
at the bureau's site.
-- Homes & Gardens staff
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