rank,city,annual_water_sewer_bill_usd,cost_per_1000_gallons_usd,avg_household_leak_9300gal_usd,dripping_faucet_3000gal_usd,serious_leak_18250gal_usd
1,"San Francisco, CA",3769.92,41.89,389.56,125.66,764.46
2,"Portland, OR",3507.34,38.97,362.43,116.91,711.21
3,"Seattle, WA",3280.00,36.44,338.93,109.33,665.11
4,"Washington, DC",2718.00,30.20,280.86,90.60,551.15
5,"Honolulu, HI",2403.42,26.70,248.35,80.11,487.36
6,"Atlanta, GA",2333.04,25.92,241.08,77.77,473.09
7,"Los Angeles, CA",2271.54,25.24,234.73,75.72,460.62
8,"San Jose, CA",2234.08,24.82,230.85,74.47,453.02
9,"Houston, TX",2146.02,23.84,221.76,71.53,435.17
10,"Newark, NJ",2097.77,23.31,216.77,69.93,425.38
11,"San Diego, CA",2081.70,23.13,215.11,69.39,422.12
12,"Portland, ME",2031.12,22.57,209.88,67.70,411.87
13,"Austin, TX",1998.18,22.20,206.48,66.61,405.19
14,"New Orleans, LA",1806.99,20.08,186.72,60.23,366.42
15,"Indianapolis, IN",1686.43,18.74,174.26,56.21,341.97
16,"Philadelphia, PA",1685.28,18.73,174.15,56.18,341.74
17,"New York, NY",1569.54,17.44,162.19,52.32,318.27
18,"Saint Louis, MO",1545.40,17.17,159.69,51.51,313.37
19,"Providence, RI",1446.85,16.08,149.51,48.23,293.39
20,"Saint Paul, MN",1405.80,15.62,145.27,46.86,285.06
21,"Detroit, MI",1352.64,15.03,139.77,45.09,274.29
22,"Columbus, OH",1350.24,15.00,139.52,45.01,273.80
23,"Santa Fe, NM",1321.38,14.68,136.54,44.05,267.95
24,"Chicago, IL",1106.10,12.29,114.30,36.87,224.29
25,"Fort Worth, TX",1083.48,12.04,111.96,36.12,219.71
26,"Jacksonville, FL",1043.57,11.60,107.84,34.79,211.61
27,"Dallas, TX",981.96,10.91,101.47,32.73,199.12
28,"San Antonio, TX",953.24,10.59,98.50,31.77,193.30
29,"Phoenix, AZ",823.53,9.15,85.10,27.45,166.99
30,"Milwaukee, WI",792.20,8.80,81.86,26.41,160.64
31,"Las Vegas, NV",637.88,7.09,65.91,21.26,129.35

"Source: annual water+sewer rates from Section III, 2025 Annual Water and Sewer Retail Rate Survey (MWRA Advisory Board), AWWA Standard for Historical Comparison, 120 HCF = 90,000 gal/yr."
Leak costs derived as (annual bill / 90) x leak volume in thousands of gallons. Leak volumes from EPA WaterSense.
Phoenix: printed combined bill is $3.00 below the sum of its published water and sewer components; the source figure is used as printed.
"Compiled by Isaac Daniels, licensed journeyman plumber (GA #JP507711), plumbingpicks.com/water-leak-cost-by-city/ - free to reuse with attribution."