Three easy ways to save water
When it comes to water most of us in the U.S. use a lot more than our fair share. If you don’t believe me I highly encourage you to check out Flow, an amazing movie all about water use. However, it’s easy to cut your water use with some basic tactics. Try the following three ideas, or even just one or two to cut both your water use and water bill.
For about $5 you can install some basic faucet aerators. The step seems small but one nice little aerator can save an average household around 6,000 gallons of water per year. A faucet aerator is simply a low-flow device that anyone can install to a water faucet. It reduces the flow and saves water. Your local Home Depot or other hardware store can help you find one.
Consider a composting toilet. Composting toilets aren’t considered so kooky anymore and can save you loads of H2O. In fact a composting toilet can cut your water use by 50% (more than a low-flow toilet) and cuts actual water storage up to 60%. Most are very nice too, these aren’t outhouse style toilets. People are misguided about them but they’re a great way to save.
If you can’t make the leap to composting, try ultra low-flush toilets. Federal law already requires that all currently manufactured residential toilets use no more than 1.6 gallons per flush BUT if you live in an older home that hasn’t been recently updated you may have an old toilet. If you have a toilet designed before 1994 it may not meet new water saving standards. And you could be losing a lot of water – the older styles waste four to six gallons more water than newer ultra low flush toilets.
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