You can conserve gallons of water every day by making simple changes in the way you live. Look through these suggestions and implement some into your daily life:
- Shut the water off between rinsing dishes or brushing your teeth. Just by shutting off the water when you brush your teeth, you alone can save eight gallons of water.
- Take showers since they use less water than baths, but try to keep them to five minutes or less in length. A five-minute shower takes 10 to 25 gallons of water.
- Use flow-restricting devices on shower heads.
- Fix leaky faucets immediately. A dripping faucet can waste up to 2,000 gallons of water a year.
- Run only full loads of clothes in the washer.
- Place a plastic bottle or brick in the water tank of the toilet so that it will use less water for each flushing.
- Turn the water on only when you are actually using it.
- Avoid using water for watering lawns or washing cars during times of water shortage.
- 100 bicycles can be produced for the energy and resources it takes to build one medium-size automobile. Commute by bike!
If everyone does their part and contributes to water conservation the benefits will be enormous.