What are some ways to save water?
Don’t flush the toilet every time you use it – as the saying goes: “If it’s yellow let it mellow; if it’s brown flush it down”. Install a dual-flush toilet – then if necessary you can use short flushs for a pee and a longer flush for the rest. Put a suitable container in your toilet cistern – this could be a brick or plastic container or so-called hippo and it will restrict the amount of water used with each flush. Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth – a running tap uses more water tha necessary. Take a shower instead of a bath – a conventional shower (as opposed to a power shower) uses around two-thirds less water than a bath. Don’t use more water than you need to boil the kettle – if you’re only making one or two cups of tea/coffee, you simply don’t need to fill the kettle. Keep a jug of water in the fridge – then, when you want really cold water, you don’t have to run the tap to get it. Don’t run taps to rinse washing up – again this uses more water than you need for the task
