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really watch your water use?
Take a moment to check some of the ways you can conserve.
Got kids? How long are they in the shower?
Is the toilet drip free? Drop food coloring into the back of
the tank,
if in 10 minutes or less color appears in the bowl the seal
is leaking by.
Do you always set the washing machine
level, or do you just fi ll it up regardless of the load?
When you wash your car do you let the
hose run or use a bucket and a valve on the house to shut the
flow off when not needed?
Are all your faucets drip free?
How about watering the flowers, lawn and garden? Only you know
how long you let water run.
Automated sprinklers? Got rain control or a moisture sensor
that keeps them off when not really needed; or do you water
even in the rain due to a timer just being set to GO.
A little caution and a minute or two to
check can save lots of money and just as important conserve
water!!
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Some Interesting Facts
- Americans drink more than One
BILLION glasses of water per day.
- On average, 50-70% of home water is
used outdoors
for watering lawns and gardens. Daily
indoor per capita water use in a home
with no water-conserving
fixtures is 74 gallons.
- Toilets are the number one biggest
water user in the home. Approximately
28% of the home’s water is used here.
- Would you believe showers use almost
15% more water than the average bath?
- By installing more efficient water
fixtures and regularly checking for
leaks, you can reduce daily per
capita water use by almost 30%.
- Average household water use annually
= 127,400 gallons. Average daily
household water use = 350 gallons.
- It takes about 4,776 gallons of
water to raise a Christmas tree.
- After thanksgiving dinner in 1999,
16.4 million Americans watched football.
At half-time, American toilets flushed
16.4 million times and used 48.5 million
gallons of water.
Water Trivia Facts test your knowledge
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