With summer temperatures exceeding 100 degrees in some areas, a long, cool shower is a welcome relief. However, the dog days of summer do not have to translate into the wasteful usage of water. Follow these 10 easy tips to help reduce home water consumption:
1. Check faucets, pipes, and toilets for leaks.
2. Install water-saving shower heads and low-flow faucet aerators, or simply take shorter showers. Soap up, wash down and rinse off.
3. Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush.
4. Use your dishwasher and clothes washer for only full loads.
5. When washing dishes by hand, don’t leave the water running for rinsing.
6. Don’t let the faucet run while cleaning your organic vegetables. Just rinse them in a stoppered sink or a pan of clean water.
7. Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge. Cool water beats the heat and keeps us hydrated, but running tap water to cool it off for drinking is wasteful.
8. Use native plantings and plant drought-resistant lawns, shrubs and plants.
9. Put a layer of mulch around trees and plants. Mulch will slow evaporation of moisture while discouraging weed growth.
10. Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks.
Reducing home water consumption means money less spent on the utility bill. But perhaps more importantly, water conservation helps prevent water pollution in nearby lakes, rivers and local watersheds. Overloading municipal sewer systems can cause untreated sewage to flow to lakes and rivers. The smaller the amount of water flowing through these systems, the lower the likelihood of pollution.
Cypriana ~ the natural home store
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