Tips On Saving Water
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General
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General Tips On Saving Water
• Check for leaking pipes.
• Fix dripping taps. • Use the garbage
disposal sparingly. Compost vegetable food waste instead and save gallons every time.
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Kitchen
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Saving water in the kitchen
• For rinsing dishes or washing fruit and vegetables etc, half-fill your sink with water rather than leaving the tap running.
• Use a compost pile or worm farm for food scraps rather than a waste disposal unit.
• Collect the water you use for rinsing fruits and vegetables, then reuse it to water houseplants.
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Bathroom & Toilet
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Saving Water In The Toilet And The Bathroom
• Turn the tap off when you're brushing your teeh or shaving. If you brush your teeth twice a day, for two minutes each time, and leave the tap running, you waste approximately 56 litres per day.
• Showers use much less water than baths. The average bath uses over 150 litres.
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• Check your toilet and hot water overflow pipes are not leaking.
• Take shorter showers - they also save you time and hot water costs.
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Laundry
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Saving water in the Laundry
• Ensure you have a full load of washing - each time you use your top loader machine you use 200 litres of water on average.
• 20% of your water is used in the Laundry
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Outdoors
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Saving Water Outside
• Don't leave hoses running. A running hose can waste up to 400 litres of water per hour.
• Water the garden early in the morning when the air is calm. Watering in the evening is the next best option. Heat and wind cause water to evaporate quickly.
• Time watering your garden so you don't over water
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• Group plants with similar water requirements together so that you can tend to them without over-watering other plants. Remember, native plants require less watering.
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Bibliography
Numerous Websites to collect backgrounds for slides. http://falconsscience.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/water_drop.png
Facts about Tips on Saving Water• http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/CnlSer/wtr/wtrsavetips.asp
and http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/100-ways-to-conserve/index.php
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