Saving Water Tips
Following on from yesterday's post regarding reducing water use, here are some top tips we have come across to help consumers save water:
- Turn off the tap whilst brushing your teeth - a running tap wastes over 6 litres per minute.
- Purchase a water efficient dual flush toilet, which has a split flush button giving the user the choice of how much water to use - this will be typically 4-6 litres of water opposed to the old style flush systems which use a massive 13 litres per flush.
- Try to avoid flushing away cotton wall or make-up tissues. Not only can these items block the system, simply throwing them in a bin will cut down [caption id="attachment_117" align="alignright" width="300"] Saving Water Tips[/caption] on the amount of water wasted with every flush.
- A bath typically uses around 80 litres, whilst a short shower can use as little as a third of that amount. But beware, since many power showers may actually use more than a bath.
- Switch to a low flow aerated shower head which reduces the amount of water used by mixing air in with the water to still give the same pressure and feel as a normal shower.
- Don't leave the shower running before you get in and try to keep track of the time you spend in the shower by setting a timer alarm on your mobile phone.
- Take shallower baths - by running a bath just an inch shorter than usual, you can save on average 5 litres of water.
- You can minimise your water use by reusing your bathwater to water your houseplants or garden.