your water meter on a regular basis and suspect a leak, check the meter before going to bed and then first thing in the morning. if no one has used any water overnight and the reading has changed, then you know there is a leak.
when washing dishes by hand, don’t rinse them under a running tap. if you have two sinks, fill the second one with rinsing water. if you have only one sink, stack washed dishes on a dish rack and rinse them with a pan of hot water.
catch running water while waiting for it to warm up. use it to water plants, rinse dishes, or wash fruit and 