A running cistern is costing you money
Water isn’t cheap in the Marina Alta, and the bill is banded: the more you use, the more each cubic metre costs. A small, constant leak adds up faster than you’d think.
It’s rarely an obvious fault. It’s a cistern letting through a trickle you can’t hear, or taps running far more water than anyone needs. Neither shows up until the bill does.
The cistern
An older cistern uses 9 to 10 litres per flush. A dual-flush mechanism brings that down to 3 or 6, depending on what’s needed. Over a year, in a house of four, the difference is substantial.
And if it’s also running — the classic trickle down the back of the bowl — it’s using water around the clock.
The taps
A low-flow aerator mixes air into the water: the flow feels the same, the pressure feels the same, and it uses considerably less. It’s a small part that screws onto the end of the tap.
In rental properties
If you let the property, consumption goes up: guests aren’t paying the water bill. That’s where the change pays for itself soonest.
What we check
Cistern mechanism and float, aerators on every tap, dripping mixers, traps and slow drains. It’s done in one visit.
