Austin Home Data Desk · Product 12 of 25

Turn an invisible leak into gallons and dollars

A local economics dashboard turning measured or estimated leak flow into understandable water loss and bill impact.

Planned rate monitoring with versioned assumptions and automatic recalculation.

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Explore the interactive preview.

Every route ships with a populated default state. Choose another input to update the documented result instantly.

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Result

Running toilet

$83 / yr

Water lost / year: 6,570 gallons
Water lost / month: 548 gallons
Added cost / month: $6.90
Added cost / year: $82.78
Everyday equivalent: About 110 bathtub fills

Preview values show the product experience. Live releases will expose source links, timestamps and versioned assumptions.

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What it shows

Four signals, one usable local picture.

Gallons lost over time

A clearly labeled view of gallons lost over time, with its source and freshness visible.

Estimated tiered bill impact

A clearly labeled view of estimated tiered bill impact, with its source and freshness visible.

Equivalent household water uses

A clearly labeled view of equivalent household water uses, with its source and freshness visible.

Practical context

A local way to make the cost and scale of otherwise invisible water waste understandable.

How it works

Built to show its work.

A local way to make the cost and scale of otherwise invisible water waste understandable. Every published value will carry a source, timestamp, release version and visible limitation.

Who cites or embeds it

Made for the people explaining Austin homes.

Drought and utility reporters

Drought and utility reporters can use Leak and Water-Waste Economics as a source-linked starting point for a local way to make the cost and scale of otherwise invisible water waste understandable.

HOAs and property managers

HOAs and property managers can use Leak and Water-Waste Economics as a source-linked starting point for a local way to make the cost and scale of otherwise invisible water waste understandable.

Homeowners and conservation programs

Homeowners and conservation programs can use Leak and Water-Waste Economics as a source-linked starting point for a local way to make the cost and scale of otherwise invisible water waste understandable.

Newsroom package

One documented release, four reusable formats.

Preview endpoints are intentionally inactive until validated live data launches.

Responsive embed

Drop the interactive card into a partner story or resident resource.

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Broadcast graphic

Use continuously refreshed 16:9 and social-ready visuals.

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Machine-readable

Analyze the same versioned release through documented JSON and CSV.

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Methodology & archive

Check sources, definitions, corrections and every prior public release.

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Methodology

Sources, cadence and limitations stay attached.

Sources

Austin utility rate schedules
User meter or flow observations
Anonymized verified Ironclad measurements

Update cadence

Planned rate monitoring with versioned assumptions and automatic recalculation.

Limitations

Every estimate will show its rate version and assumptions; observed and inferred flow will be labeled separately.

Free to embed or reproduce with visible attribution to Ironclad Plumbing and a link to the canonical Data Desk release.