- Use a
water-efficient showerhead
- Shorten your shower by
one to two minutes
- Turn off the water while
you wash your hair, shave, lather your hands, and brush your teeth
- When running a bath,
plug the tub before turning the water on, then adjust the temperature as
the tub fills up
- Reduce the number of
dishes you have to wash, by designating one glass for your drinking
water each day or refilling a water bottle
-
Reduce laundry by reusing towels
- Fix all toilet and
faucet leaks
- Upgrade older toilets to
water efficient models
- Reduce the amount of
water used for each flush by inserting a plastic bottle filled with
pebbles, in your toilet tank
- Use the garbage disposal
sparingly by composting vegetable food waste
- Keep a pitcher of cold
water in the refrigerator rather than running the tap
- Wash your fruits and
vegetables in a pan of water instead of running water from the tap.
Reuse this water to water your houseplants
- Don't let water run
while rinsing dishes by hand. Fill one sink with wash water and the
other with rinse water
- Soak pots and pans
rather than letting water run while scraping them
- Put spilled iced cubes
in a house plant rather than in the sink
- Only run full loads in
your washing machine and dishwasher
- Teach your children to
turn off faucets tightly
- Set cooling systems and
water softeners for the minimum number of re-fills
- Monitor your water bill
for unusually high numbers. Your bill and water meter can help you
discover leaks
- Insulate hot water pipes
for more immediate hot water to the faucet and for energy savings
- Purchase
air-cooled, rather than water-cooled, appliances
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