You turn on your kitchen faucet, and out comes clean tap water. You start the dishwasher and washing machine expecting nothing short of sparkling clean results. Same goes for your morning shower or evening bath. From bathing to drinking, cooking, and more, we rely on clean Conserve Water countless times a day.
The question, how wisely are you using your water? Are you taking care to ensure that there will be ample supplies available for your children’s generation and generations not yet born?
Here are just a few ways you can start conserving water at home, or conserving more than you already are:
Reduce your shower time. While a nice, long, hot shower feels luxurious, it’s quite wasteful. Every minute you shave off your time in the shower results in significant water savings. Take it one step further by installing a low-flow shower head.
- Fix leaky toilets. Your toilet might have a leak without you even knowing it. To find out, put a couple drops of food coloring in the tank and wait a few minutes. If the color makes its way into the bowl, you have a leak.
- Replace water-using appliances with more efficient models. For example, an energy-efficient front loading washing machine uses 30% less water than an older model top-loader. Look for the WaterSense label.
- Raise the bar on your lawnmower. Raise the blade on your lawnmower to cut your grass no lower than three inches. The longer grass will not only feel soft under your feet, it will shade the soil and require less watering.
- Water smart. Water your lawn only when it needs it. Most lawns only need about an inch of water per week to stay healthy. Place an empty tuna can on your lawn as you turn on the sprinkler system. Once it’s filled, you’ve watered enough.
- Think before you flush. Don’t use your toilet as a garbage bin for cigarette butts, floss, wipes, hair, and tissues. Not only can they cause a backup in your home’s plumbing, these items can cause problems at your local water treatment plant.
- Keep drains clean. Never pour chemicals, paint, oil, medication and other harmful substances down the drain. Thick, oily substances like grease and fats can clog water pipes. Certain chemicals are harmful to aquatic life, while others end up in our groundwater.
Here at Norhio Plumbing, we have lots of ways to help you save water at home without sacrificing any comfort or convenience. With innovative products like low-flow toilets and hot water recirculation pumps, just as two examples, you can save many thousands of gallons of water every year. Call us for more information and a free quote.
