Water Conservation

What can you do to help conserve water?

• Check for leaks and have them fixed!!
• No power showers and no baths (unless it is shared with your brothers and sisters) ... ordinary showers only, turning it off while soaping your body and washing your hair. And be quick about it!
• No leaving the tap on while brushing teeth or washing your face ... wet the brush/face cloth, then turn off the tap until rinsing.
• Don’t flush as much ... if it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down ... and use a plastic litre bottle or a ‘Happy Hippo’ in the toilet cistern to reduce the amount of water used in each flush.
• Don’t leave taps running in the kitchen either. Use a basin or bowl to wash the dishes or fill up the dishwasher (if it’s modern).
• Also use a basin for washing vegetables and when cleaning about the house.
• Make sure the washing machine/dishwater has a full load.
• Keep a jug of water in the fridge, so that you don’t have to run the tap to have a cold drink.
• In the garden, the use of hoses and water features that demand fresh water are banned ... use wastewater from washing dishes/ vegetables and even from showers etc. This is the only water that should be used in the garden during a drought, unless your family has been smart enough to catch rainwater in a barrel or water butt.
• Don’t cut lawns too short. By leaving the grass a little longer, morning dew is trapped and evaporation is reduced. Using mulch also reduces evaporation and lowers water demand.
• Use watering cans, but only during the coolest part of the day.
• If the car has to be washed, then use a bucket filled with the wastewater from your sink or shower.