What’s your estimate for a pencil-width trickle from a 3/4” hose bib over 24 hours? We logged about 90 gallons one hot week last July using a 5-gallon bucket and a stopwatch, and I use numbers like that to make the case for preseason gasket and seat replacements.
I’d peg a “pencil-width trickle” at about 10–20 gallons in 24 hours, which tracks with your about 90 in a week if it’s steady. To nail it, do a 60‑second catch in a measuring jug and scale to a day; at ~$4/1,000 gal that’s only a few cents but wastes water faster than the camp coffee maker. You seeing around 60 psi at that bib?
At about 90 gal/week, you’re paying about $0.90–$1.50 weekly if water+sewer is $10–$16 per 1,000 gal — so roughly $12–$20 over a 12‑week summer, still worth preseason gaskets. Small caveat: night pressure boosts can fatten a “pencil-width trickle,” so verify with a 10‑minute meter read instead of the 5‑gallon bucket and stopwatch. @vcoleman29’s 60‑second catch is fine, but the meter nails it.
Instead of the ‘5-gallon bucket’, do an overnight meter read; what’s your static pressure?