- Turn the water off after wetting your toothbrush. By leaving
the water running while brushing your teeth you waste as much as three
gallons of water. Simply wet your toothbrush and fill a glass with water
to rinse your mouth.
- While shaving rinse your razor in the sink. Instead of running
water to rinse your razor, fill your sink with just a few inches of
warm water. This will waste much less water than rinsing your razor
with running water.
- Faucets and pipes should be checked for leaks. If you have
a leaking faucet or pipe you could be wasting as many as 20 gallons
of water per day. Larger leaks can waste hundreds of gallons per day.
- Check you toilets for leaks. To check a toilet for leaks, simply
place a few drops of food coloring in the toilet tank. If the color
begins to show in the bowl, without flushing, you have a leak and should
attempt to repair it immediately.
- Stop using your toilet as a wastebasket. Each time you flush
your toilet you use five to seven gallons of water. Every time you flush
a cigarette butt, facial tissue, or other piece of small trash you waste
water.
- Place a plastic bottle in your toilet. To cut down on water
waste, place a few small pebbles or sand in two small plastic bottle
to weigh them down. Finish filling the two bottles with water and place
them in the toilet tank away from any operating mechanisms. This could
save you and your family as many as ten gallons of water per day.
- Take shorter showers. Every unnecessary minute spent in the
shower can waste as many as ten gallons of water. Limit your time in
the shower to the time it takes to lather up, wash down, and rinse off.
- Install a water-saving showerhead or flow restrictor. Local
hardware stores and plumbing supply stores carry water-saving showerheads
and flow restrictors. These items are easily installed once purchased.
- Take bathes. Taking a bath in a partially filled tub will use
less water than all but the shortest showers.
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