In regards to #3/8, I have a shower head that has a shutoff switch on it.
This lets you shut the water off on the shower head, without having to mess with the hot and cold valves. This way, you can lather up with the water off, but don’t have to worry about changing the water temperature…
In regards to showering, one simple, but often over looked tip is, people will soap their hair or body while the water is running, but if they shut off the water while soaping, it can save a ton of water as well! It’s similar to brushing teeth, some people will leave the water running while brushing their teeth, when it’s not really being used and just going to waste.
Great tips! This is something I’ve been working on lately too. It’s so easy to waste water and not really even notice it.
Another thing that can help if you just can’t seem to shut the water off is making sure you have an aerator on every faucet. Look for ones that have the lowest GPM (gallons per minute) number. Low flow shower heads are good too.
Hey great tips! Wow what a wonderful resource! a lot of them are common sense but many people just don’t think about. Thanks for putting this together and sharing!
Great list. Big fan of the toilet suggestion, as it is one of the biggest consumers of water in the house.
Read elsewhere that a family of four, if they replaced their old 3.5 gallons / flush model with a newer 1.28 gallons / flush model, they would save 68 gallons of water per day. That’s almost 25k gallons a year.
I brush my teeth in the shower at the same time I am tilting my head back rinsing the conditioner out while using one hand to assist rinsing and combing fingers through hair to detangle. Also, we only flush our toilets once daily unless it’s brown. Paper goes in trash and taken out every other day. If there will be quests we use normal flushing procedures in the d stairs bath until they are gone.
Thank, these tips must work.
In regards to #3/8, I have a shower head that has a shutoff switch on it.
This lets you shut the water off on the shower head, without having to mess with the hot and cold valves. This way, you can lather up with the water off, but don’t have to worry about changing the water temperature…
I follow couple of these… thanks for the other tips. Also mulching also helps to control weeds.
In regards to showering, one simple, but often over looked tip is, people will soap their hair or body while the water is running, but if they shut off the water while soaping, it can save a ton of water as well! It’s similar to brushing teeth, some people will leave the water running while brushing their teeth, when it’s not really being used and just going to waste.
Till then,
Jean
Great tips! This is something I’ve been working on lately too. It’s so easy to waste water and not really even notice it.
Another thing that can help if you just can’t seem to shut the water off is making sure you have an aerator on every faucet. Look for ones that have the lowest GPM (gallons per minute) number. Low flow shower heads are good too.
Hey great tips! Wow what a wonderful resource! a lot of them are common sense but many people just don’t think about. Thanks for putting this together and sharing!
Great list. Big fan of the toilet suggestion, as it is one of the biggest consumers of water in the house.
Read elsewhere that a family of four, if they replaced their old 3.5 gallons / flush model with a newer 1.28 gallons / flush model, they would save 68 gallons of water per day. That’s almost 25k gallons a year.
I brush my teeth in the shower at the same time I am tilting my head back rinsing the conditioner out while using one hand to assist rinsing and combing fingers through hair to detangle. Also, we only flush our toilets once daily unless it’s brown. Paper goes in trash and taken out every other day. If there will be quests we use normal flushing procedures in the d stairs bath until they are gone.