Save Water with Fix a Leak Week
Over the past six years, the City of Bend sent out an average of 9,955 leak alerts to customers each year. During that same time frame, minor water leaks in Bend have accounted for an average of 45 million gallons of water wasted each year in residential homes. By joining us for the Fix a Leak Week Challenge March 16-22, 2026, you can help cut back on this amount of waste.
This year’s Fix a Leak Week Challenge is also part of Bend’s 100 Years of Water celebration — a communitywide look at how our shared water resources have shaped Bend for the past century and how we can protect our water for the next 100 years. Participating in the Challenge is an easy, hands-on way to honor that legacy.
Please consider joining us for the Challenge, an annual event in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense program. Find, fix and snap a photo of leaks in your home and enter to win water-saving bathroom fixtures — it’s that easy!
Take the challenge!
How to Participate:
- Snap a picture of yourself completing each leak check challenge.
- Email all your photos to conservation@bendoregon.gov at the end of the week. Include your full name, phone number, address and water account number in the email. (Only one email entry per water account.)
- Make sure to submit your entries by 5 p.m. March 24.
All entries will be entered into a drawing to select one winner. The winner will be notified by Water Conservation staff.
Find more water-saving tips at WaterWiseTips.org.
