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Water Conservation Indoors
Are You Water Conservation Minded?
Water conservation is an important issue. Water is our
greatest natural resource and we cannot live without it. To
ensure that future generations will have water, conservation
and quality measures should be taken now.
Below are some questions to help you
understand what must be done now. There are an indoor and an
outdoor water use set of questions to see where you stand on
each issue. The explanation to the answers follow each
question. See if you can help. The correct answers are
highlighted in
green.
When you use water indoors:
1. Do you use a low flow water restrictor faucet or
showerhead?
Yes
No
You should use these, the restriction
washers work like your garden hose high pressure nozzle. By
restricting you add artificial pressure, while saving
gallons of water each time you bathe.
2. Does the water run while you brush your
teeth? Yes
No
Please turn off your faucet and save up to
two or three gallons during the two minutes you brush.
3. Do you have a water saver toilet?
Yes
No
These toilets have a smaller tank and use
about 1 ˝ - 2 gallons of water. If you have an old toilet,
you can place a brick or a ˝ gallon milk carton full of
water into the corner of the tank, away from the flapper and
ball-cock assembly, to conserve water. This will displace
that volume of water and save at least that amount every
time you flush. You can also adjust the float on the
assembly to a lower, just as effective level, (this may take
a few tries to get it exactly right).
4. Do you have a toilet that runs
sporadically, (you hear water running every few minutes into
the tank)? Yes
No
If you have this problem, you may need to
replace the flapper. To see if this is the problem, Home
Depot and Lowe’s have a dye packet, usually free, to detect
a leak here. If this is not the problem, you may have
a leak at one of the gaskets at either the water connection
or between the tank and the bowl. Replace or repair ASAP.
5. Do any of your faucets run or drip water
into the sink, tub or toilet bowl? Yes
No
Leaky faucets can waste an enormous amount
of water during the course of the month between your bills.
A small drip can leak up to hundreds of gallons of water per
day.
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