We must all start learning to save water because according to Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at NASA, there is no longer an infinite supply of water anywhere in the world as the water table is already dropping everywhere. If this isn’t already a warning sign for you start saving water now, then let’s hope you don’t regret it when the nightmare of people fighting over clean water comes. There is no denying how every one of us uses more than 2 liters of water every day from showering alone. How many gallons of water do you think you consume in a day? Well, the amount of water we use every day is sometimes a little bothering to think about especially when we think about other people from developing countries who only get to consume 2 to 15 liters of water a day. That’s just you brushing your teeth and washing your dishes, right?
There are a lot of ways to save water that doesn’t require any inconvenient adjustments in your daily life. As simple as making sure your tap or shower is fully closed and not dripping, you already are saving gallons of water. (Did you know that a drip per second can be a waste of 8 gallons of water already?) Here are other simple steps in saving water with your everyday household:
STORE PITCHERS INSTEAD OF GETTING WATER FROM THE TAP - Instead of running the tap for every time you need to drink water, why not store pitchers of water in the refrigerator. This ensures you that every drop of water is consumed by you and not losing excess water down the drain.
RE-USE WATER -Instead of using new water to water houseplants, use water that were used in rinsing fruits and vegetables. If your vegetables are already washed from the grocery store, ask the person in charge if you can collect the water used in rinsing. This will keep you from wasting clean water jus for watering.
STICK TO A SCHEDULE WHEN WATERING YOUR LAWN - Water your lawn every 5-7 days during hot season and every 2 weeks during cold season. Keep a schedule on your watering to keep your plants in a routine and your water consumption lesser.
WATER PLANTS AT NIGHT - Water plants at night for them to be able absorb the water fully as compared to watering them in daylight where some of water are bound to evaporating even before being consumed by the plants.
SKIP USING A WATER HOSE - Use watering can instead of hose. Watering cans actually distributes water to plants fairly and would only consume lesser water as compared to hoses. Over watering can also happen with hose, while watering cans targets specific area of plants that really needs enough amount of water.
USE A LOW FLOW SHOWERHEAD - Traditional showerheads often give out 5-8 gallons of water per minute. Imagine how much you consume whenever you take your 1-hour long shower. You could change your showerheads to a newer low flow or ultra-low flow models that actually dispenses only 2-2.5 gallons of water per minute.
DO NOT FLUSH UNNECESSARY OBJECTS DOWN THE TOILET. Paper towels, cigarette butts, and wet wipes belong to the trash can, not your toilets.
USE A DISHWASHER - Using your dishwasher actually saves more water than hand washing the dishes.
USE A SMALLER WASHING MACHINE - Use a washing machine that only uses 15 gallons of water instead of those that uses the usual 23 gallons.
GET A REGULAR PLUMBING MAINTENANCE - Always check your plumbing system for leaks or breaks. Leaking water is a huge waste of water that you don’t immediately notice but regret not checking immediately.
There are much more simple ways to help save water. Using water for everything may sometimes be a real necessity but using less water on everything can already be a huge step to water conservation.
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