Retrofit and Conserve

• Replace existing faucets & toilets with products bearing the WaterSense label.
• Re-use most household water by installing a grey water treatment system.
• Recycle rainwater by installing a rain barrel or cistern.
• Install a hot water recirculation system.
• Replace bathroom sink faucets with WaterSense labeled faucets which use no more than 1.5 gallons/minute will save 500 gallons/year.
• Waiting for warm shower water wastes 200-300 gallons/month;  attach the Shower Start Hot Water Saver.
• Install water-saving shower heads or flow retrictor (saves 500-800 gallons/month).
• Replace appliances with energy star appliances.
• Attach aerators to all faucets.- Faucets account for more than 15% of indoor household water use.
• Replace existing inefficient faucets with high efficiency faucets.
• Replace faucet washers with Drip Stop washers.
• Install a faucet foot valve and save 20-50%/year.
• Attach a water watch meter to your garden hose & don’t water on windy days.
• Fix leaky faucets & pluming joints (save 20 gallons/day for each leak).
• Replace your inefficient leaking toilet with a High Efficiency toilet & use less than 1.3 gallons/flush - save 4,000 gallons/year & $90 annually.
• Replace existing toilets with a flapperless toilet.
• Replace existing toilets with a waterless composting toilet.

Simple Ways Everyone Can Conserve

• Save 1000 gallons/month by covering your pool.
• Set lawn mower blades one notch higher. Longer grass means less evaporation (Saves 500-1,500 gallons/month).
• Place a plastic bottle or brick in your toilet tank (save 300 gallons/month).
• 17 % of indoor water use comes from showering (In the US, 1.2 trillion gallons of water are used showering each year).
• Shorten showers- A one or two minute reduction can save 700 gallons/month.
• Take your automobile to a car wash that recycles water.
• Turn water off while brushing teeth (saves 3,000 gallons/year).
• Toilets account for 30% of residential indoor water consumption.
• Turn off water while brushing teeth or shaving (saves 3 gallons/day).
• Check toilet for leaks & save 400 gallons/month.
• Put a layer of mulch around trees/plants to slow evaporation (Saves 750-1,500 gallons/month).
• Direct air conditioning evaporation to a flower bed.
• Dispose of hazardous materials properly (One quart of oil can contaminate 250,000 gallons of water).
• Use garbage disposer less often; even start composting.
• Wash your car on a lawn.
• Save 10 gallons/minute by not letting children play in the water.

Did You Know…

• Producing a car requires 50 times its weight in water (39,090 gallons).
• It takes 44 gallons of water to refine one gallon of crude oil.
• It takes 1,700 gallons of water to produce a gallon of ethanol.
• http://www.epa.gov/watersense/news/current/winter2008.htm