Research from WaterWise stated that in England, we as individual use around 140 litres per day.
Saving water means that we are saving money and participating in sustainable energy. Here are some tips that you can use in order to save the earth:
- Turn off your tap properly after you use it
- If possible, take a shower instead of a bath. A five-minute shower uses about 40 litres of water. This is about half the volume of a standard bath.
- Reusing bathwater for your plants/garden
- Watch your shower duration – by having a shower for a reasonable time, not only you can save water but also saving your electricity & gas energy (water heater/boiler). To help keep track of time try using a shower timer, they help to keep shower times reduced. If everyone used a shower timer we would save enough water to supply 1 million homes every day
- Use a water-saving device in your toilet cistern. Depending on the size of your cistern, you could save between one and three litres each time you flush the toilet. There are around 45 million toilets in UK homes – this equates to flushing an estimated 2 billion litres of water every day! About 30% of the total water used in the household is through toilet flushing
- Think about fitting a water butt to collect rainwater off your roof. Water butts usually store about 200 litres of water. As well as being better for watering your plants, using rainwater in the garden reduces the amount of treated water you use
- Wait until you have a full load before using your washing machine or your dishwasher. Some new washing machines use less than seven litres of water for each kilogramme of clothes, while modern dishwashers can us as little as 10 to 15 litres of water a cycle
- When doing your laundry, remember to read the manual to find out which cycles are the most water efficient
- The most important one is checking your property regularly for leaks on your internal plumbing – as leaky loos are one of the most common causes of unexpected high water use for consumers in the UK
Source:
www.waterwise.org.uk
www.ofwat.gov.uk