20+ tips to save water:
- Use a rain barrel to collect water from gutters to use for gardening
- Check your faucets and shower heads for leaks
- Garden plant species native to your region
- Wash your pets outside where your lawn needs water
- Use a pool cover, to keep your pool clean and reduce water loss
- Don't water your lawn on windy days, most of the water blows away or evaporates
- Apply the least amount of fertilizer needed, fertilizer increases water consumption
- Match the water level to the size of the load when doing laundry
- Take 5 minute showers instead of baths, a bathtub at full needs 70 gallons of water
- Only run your washer and dishwater at full
- Water plants only when necessary, more plants end up ding from over watering than underwatering
- Know the location of your master water shut-off valve is, in the case of a pipe bursting, it would save gallons of water.
- Cook food in as little water as possible. Not only does this save water, but retains nutrients
- Soak pots and pans, instead of running the water, while you scrape them clean
- Learn to use a water meter to help check for leaks
- Use 2 to 4 inches of organic mulch around plants to prevent evaporation
- Turn off the water when you lather for washing your hands
- Only apply water as fast as the soil can absorb it
- Make sure your irragation system only runsin the areas where you want it to
- To get hot water more imediate, insulate hot water pipes
- And use WaterSense® products to help save even more water