\n\n What \nyou can do to get started…. <\/font><\/p>\n\n1. \nTo discover whether your system has leaks, check your water \nmeter while no water is being used. Your water meter can usually \nbe found in a covered concrete or plastic box in front of your \nresidence near the curb. If the dial moves, you have a leak. \nAt the water pressure found in most household plumbing systems, \nthe leak from a 1\/32″ opening in a faucet or pipe can waste \nup to 6,000 gallons of water per month. A steady drip wastes \n20 gallons per day. <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/font>2. \nInstall low-flow faucet aerators on all of your faucets. Your \nwater now will seem stronger, but you’ll actually be saving water \nwhile reducing flow as much as 50%. <\/font><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n\n\n\n <\/a>3. \nCheck toilets for leaks by adding food coloring to the toilet \ntank. If color appears in the bowl, without flushing, there \nis a leak that requires immediate attention. A leaking toilet \ncan waste 200 gallons of water a day without making a sound. \n<\/font><\/p>\n4. \nFlush only when necessary. Avoid using the toilet as a wastebasket, \neach flush uses about 6 gallons of water. If remodeling \nor building, buy water-saver toilets, the best of which \nuse only 1 1\/2 gallons of water per flush. <\/font><\/p>\n5. \nPlace one or two half-gallon plastic bottles in your toilet \ntank to reduce water used for each flush.<\/font><\/td>\n | \nIn \nthe Bathroom…<\/b><\/font>
\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n\n 6. \nThink before you bathe. A shower or a bath? Only the shortest \nshower saves more water than a partially-filled tub. A full \ntub, however, can use 30-50 gallons of water – more than \na short shower. Consider bathing small children together. \n<\/font><\/p>\n7. \nInstall water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors. They \nare inexpensive and reduce flow by at least 25%. Shower \nheads with an on-off valve are also available, allowing \nthe water flow to be stopped and restarted without having \nto readjust the temperature. <\/font><\/p>\n8. \nDon’t let the water run in the sink while shaving, brushing \nyour teeth, or lathering your face and hands.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n\n \nIn the Kitchen and Laundry <\/a><\/font> \n<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What you can do to get started…. 1. To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9075,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_6.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9212,"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/9212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.forsea.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | | |