Indoor Water Conservation Tips
We can all do our part to conserve water and to lessen our impact on our watershed.Try one or more of these conservation tips from Water: Use it Wisely and watch the savings add up. A few of our favorite indoor water conservation tips are listed here:
In the Bathroom
- Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth or shaving and you could save up to 8 gallons of water per day.
- Shorten your shower by a minute or two and you’ll save up to 150 gallons per month
- Check toilets for leaks by adding food coloring to the tank. If the toilet is leaking, color will appear in the tank within 30 minutes. A leaky toilet can waste about 200 gallons of water per day.
- Add a water displacement device to your toilet tank, such as a sealed ½ gallon container filled with water (don’t use a brick), to save 1 - 2 gallons per flush. (not recommended on low-flow toilets)
In the Kitchen
- When washing dishes by hand, instead of constantly running the water, fill one basin with soapy water. Scrub and then quickly rinse soap off under the faucet.
- Reduce your dependence on the kitchen sink disposal. Disposals use approximately 2.5 gallons of water per minute to operate. Instead start a compost pile.
- Run only full loads of dishes in the dishwasher.
Around the House
- Repair leaky faucets. A faucet that drips at the rate of one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons of water per year.
- Run only full loads of laundry in the washing machine.
- Avoid letting water go down the drain when it can be used for watering plants or cleaning messy areas.