Wash a few dishes, start the day with a long bath or shower, water the lawn, wash the car-before you know it you've used a lot of water. It's estimated that the average family of four uses approximately 90,000 gallons of water a year. Did you know that you can save thousands of gallons by making some modest changes in the way you use water?

The first place to conserve is your household toilets-the biggest water users. Flushing accounts for approximately 38 percent of your daily water use. You can save as much as 25 percent by replacing an old model toilet with a new, low consumption unit. There are three types to consider, gravity tank, the Flushometer and pressurized tank toilets. All three are capable of saving water, but different water pressures are needed for them to operated effectively. If you are considering a pressurized tank or Flushometer, have your plumber survey water pressures throughout your house first to see if they will work in your home.

Perform a water use audit to see if you can conserve more. Here are some common sense tips to keep in mind.

In the bathroom
-Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth-saves 4 to 10 gal. a day.
-Don't use your toilet as a wastebasket-saves 1.6 to 7 gal. per flush.
-Take short showers. Five minutes will get you clean-saves 3 to 7 gal. per bath.
-Close the tub drain before turning on the water-saves 3 gal. per bath.
-Fill the tub only half way-saves 5 gal. or more and conserves energy.
-Dripping showerheads can waste 75 gal. per week or more.
-Trickling toilets can waste 50 gal. per day or more.

In the kitchen and laundry
-Don't let the water run when washing and rinsing dishes. Fill the sink and use this water-saves 8 to 15 gal. per day and conserves energy.
-Run only full loads in the dishwasher-saves up to 15 gal. per load.
-Wash fruit and vegetable in the sink instead of running water and use a brush to remove the dirt-saves 2 to 4 gal. per time.
-Run the garbage disposal only when necessary-saves 2 to 7 gal. per minute.
-Run only full loads of laundry and pay close attention to the water level setting. Washing machines typically use 22 to 25 gallons per load-washing full loads could save the equivalent of 1 to 2 loads per week.
-Leaky faucets are pretty obvious, but don't forget to check under sinks and behind the washing machine. You could be silently losing water and ruining floors and ceilings.

Other water-saving upgrades to consider include, high efficiency showerheads, faucet aerators and toilet tank drums but you don't need to spend a lot of money to save a lot of water.

 

 

 


 

 

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