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What can Y ou do to save water? INSIbE YOUR HOUSE ; ;, Do you have leaking faucets, toilets, and showerheads? "' A leak of one drop per second wastes 2400 gallons of water each year. a ft 4i., Do your faucets have low-flow nozzles? '7•- --- Low flow nozzles can cut your water usage in half. Do you run the faucet until the water is hot or cold? Capture the unwanted cold or hot water early and use it to water plants. Keep a jug of cold water in the refrigerator for drinking. Do you take a bath with shallow water? -,; A regular bath can take 30 gallons of water, filling the tub only half full ` _ i will save 15 gallons of water. - _ +' -- Ii, Do you take 5-minute showers with a low-flow showerhead? i illaimm Each minute the shower runs uses 5 gallons of water. Installing a low-flow showerhead will cut this in half, but a 20-minute shower still adds up. A 5-minute shower with a low-flow showerhead will use only 12 gallons of water. Do you let the water run when you wash dishes by hand? - Washing dishes with running water uses 3 gallons of water. Turning off the water between washing and rinsing reduces the amount of water used in half. +r Do you let the water run while you brush your teeth? If you brush your teeth for two minutes with the water running, you will use approximately 6 gallons of water. If you brush without the water running, you use only%gallon of water. _ Do you run your dishwasher or washing machine when it is not full? . ..ri,;;: A dish load uses 12-15 gallons of water. z' Do you flush tissues down the toilet? . - Never use the toilet for a trashcan. A regular toilet can use 5-7 gallons of water per flush. If your toilet tank is larger than 1.6 gallons, have you placed a plastic one-quart bottle with water in the tank to reduce the amount of water ., 4 used in each flush? i- You can save the amount of water displaced by the volume of � the bottle of water. -- ,__. 7-- -_ /