Water Conservation Tips

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Waiting for hot water at the tap, including the shower? Collect that cold water in a pitcher or bucket and use it to water your houseplants, fill the dogs bowl, cook with it, or even fill the washing machine tub.
Are your showers taking longer than 5 minutes? A low-flow shower head discharges 15 gallons in 5 minutes, so for every minute you’re not scrubbing down 3 gallons are being wasted. A bath requires 35 gallons of water
On average, a top-loading washing machine uses 40 gallons per load, so fill the washer up with clothes not precious water.
Washing dishes by hand can use up to 30 gallons, a dishwasher (full of course) only 10.
Fix that leaking faucet and save 5 gallons per day (at one drip per second).
Converting to low-flow fixtures conserves water by over 400-percent, and in addition, 43-percent of your hot water costs.
Cut your lawn at 3 inches or higher. It will conserve water by allowing the roots to grow deep to reach the wetter subsoil and prevent sunburnt patches.
Summertime deep (3/4 – 1 inch) and infrequent (every 3rd – 4th day) watering during the pre-dawn hours promotes lawn health.
That front lawn may need water but not the sidewalk or street. Adjust your sprinklers so they water the lawn only. Did you know one leaking sprinkler wastes 500 gallons per month?
Mulch the garden and landscape plants to cut evapotranspiration and thereby watering.
Washing the car using a hose wastes 100 gallons of water; a bucket and sponge only 10.
Do not wash that driveway down otherwise you’ll waste 150 gallons!

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