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Water Conservation Can Save You Big on Utility Bills
On a planet that’s surface is 80% water, there would seem to be enough for 6.5 Billion people. Though knowing that of the 80%, only 3% is fresh-water and of that only 1% is available for drinking changes everything. As unfortunate as the modern lifestyle of consumption is to the health of the planet, awareness of conservationism is slowly taking a place at the forefront of our minds. That is why you are reading this in the first place and why you will take part in saving a precious resource starting right in your own home. Plus there ways to save on your water bill starting immediately and in the long run. Unless you take unusually long showers or run a business washing elephants, toilets consume the most household water at up to 5 gallons a flush. On average the bathroom use of water makes up about 75% of your water bill and just toilet flushing is almost 40% of that use. In extreme cases, like droughts, only flushing when absolutely necessary and not at every use becomes a sensible, yet smelly solution. This is an extreme measure and even the Persian’s had a sanitary flush system toilet as far back as 1000 B.C. The modern housing boom of the past 50 years created well over 50,000 public water systems in the U.S. alone. As nations strive to develop world wide, water conservation will become pivotal in the management of natural resources. One such measure is the Environmental Protection Agency passing legislation in 1994 that all household toilets installed operate at 1.6 gallons per flush. There are still millions of homes with an average of 2 -3 toilets older than 1994 and more likely to have leaks possibly wasting up to 200 gallons a day. Leaky toilets are a good place to start in running a water audit on your home. If your bowl was built before 1994, you may want to install a newer low-flush model, or at least add a displacement device like a toilet dam. As with any cost in equipping your home to save energy and water, calculate the long-term savings as opposed to what you are spending now. The EPA estimates that the cost of installing a new low-flush toilet can be recovered in savings after 5 years. There are a few no-cost or low cost tips for a tidy toilet and other home water uses at the article linked to this entry. |
Low-cost Tips on Saving Water in Your Home
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