- Is your toilet a water hog? Replacing an old 3½- to 8-gallon-per-flush toilet with a new 1.28-gallon-per-flush (or less) high-efficiency model could save thousands of gallons per year.
- Do you have a leaky faucet? A little drip may not seem like much, but a faucet that drips just five times a minute may be wasting more than 200 gallons of water a year.
- Do you leave the faucet running when you brush your teeth? Turn it off to save 70 gallons per month or more. You can also install water-saving faucet aerators to further reduce your faucet water use.
- Do you like long showers? Even if you already have a high-efficiency showerhead, every minute you shorten your shower can save up to 75 gallons per month.
- Do you have an old washing machine? A high-efficiency clothes washer may use half the water and energy that a traditional washer uses. And don’t forget to only run full loads (in your dishwasher, too).
- Install water-saving faucet aerators, high-efficiency shower heads, shutoff hose nozzles, and leak detection dye tablets. We have conservation kits available at no charge to our customers.
- Only wash dishes when necessary. Use both sides of the sink when washing dishes by hand. Use one side to wash and the other side to rinse. Do not wash dishes under a running faucet.
- Keep a bottle or pitcher of drinking water in the refrigerator. This eliminates letting the tap run while waiting for the water to get cold.
- Clean vegetables in a pan of water and not under a running faucet. Water used to clean vegetables can also be used to water houseplants.
- Did you know that in-sink garbage disposal devices use roughly 11.5 gallons of water each day? Try composting organic wastes instead of throwing them away.
- Have a suggestion for avoiding water waste? Send it to us!