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WATER CONSERVATION The Facts And What You Can Do About It.
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WATER FACTS
•1. Over 1.5 billion people do not have access to clean, safe water.
•43% of water related deaths are due to diarrhea.
•Half the world’s schools do not have access to clean water, nor adequate sanitation.
Rain Water Harvesting For Consumption
• Cost Rs 4.5 lakh to harvest more than 170 million litres of water annually.
• Soft Water;
5mg/gal of dissloved minerals as compared to 500 in city water
• Many use similar system for laundry and toilets
TOILET USAGE
• A family of 4 uses 881 gallons of water per week just to flush their toilets
• If everyone in india flushed one less time a day we could save enough water to make a square mile lake that is four feet deep everyday.
• Toilets made before 1993,uses between 3.5 and 8 gallons per flush.
• Newer toilets uses less than 1.6 gpf.
• This becomes a water use difference of 9.7 gallons per day.
• Improved toilets can save a family between 14-17 thousand gallons of water per year.
• Some cities and utility companies offer incentives or free toilet replacement.
KITCHEN FACTS
Typical dishwasher uses between 8 and 15 gallons
per load. High
efficiency washer
use around
6.
The dishwas
her is about
1.4% of typical water use.
Faucets represent 15.7% of the typical water use.
One drip per
second from a faucet
will waste 2700
gallons per year.
KITCHEN IMPROVEMENTS
• Install low-flow faucet aerators.
• Only run dishwasher when full.
• New dishwasher are powerfull. Dont pre-wash dishes.
• Collect excess sink water for watering plants.
• A garbage disposal wastes lots of water
• Do not leave running while washing dishes.
LAUNDRY
• Replace old washer with water saver model. New models use 23 gallons as compared to the 41 of the older machines.
• Only wash full loads.
• Pretreat stains to svoid rewashing.
• The washing machine accounts for 21.7% of typical water use.
• When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water.
• Some refrigerators, air conditioners and ice-makers are cooled with wasted flows of water. Consider upgrading with air-cooled appliances for significant water savings.
• Adjust sprinklers so only your lawn is watered and not the house, sidewalk, or street.
• Run your clothes washer and dishwasher only when they are full. You can save up to 1,000 gallons a month.
• Choose shrubs and groundcovers instead of turf for hard-to-water areas such as steep slopes and isolated strips.
• Install covers on pools and spas and check for leaks around your pumps.
• Use the garbage disposal sparingly. Compost vegetable food waste instead and save gallons every time.
• Plant in the fall when conditions are cooler and rainfall is more plentiful.
