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California is to reduce water usage 25% throughout 2015. Here are some ways to reduce your water use — and save 25% on your water bill.
- Install low-flow fixtures — Showerheads with a flow rate of no more than 2.5 gallons per minute and aerators on faucets with no more than 1.0 gallons per minute significantly drop your overall water usage, helping you achieve tangible water savings.
- Remove your thirsty lawn — Sprinkler heads can leak and irrigation systems are inefficient. Removing your lawn will save a lot of water — and a lot of cash.
- Plant drought-resistant plants — Plant native plants, cacti or succulents. They all require less water and upkeep.
- Don’t leave water running, ever — Heat water on the stove to heat it up instead of letting water run in the sink. Turn off the shower when soaping up and turn off the faucet when brushing teeth or washing face. Less flow time, less water used!
- Limit shower time — Decreasing shower time to five minutes with a low-flow shower head uses 12.5 gallons of water or less, compared to 37.5 gallons used for an average 15 minute shower.
- Fill plastic bottles with sand and place them in the toilet tank — Weighted bottles displace water, requiring less of it to fill the tank after each flush.
- Save unused water — Use unused drinking water to water your plants, fill dishwashing basins or spot-clean surfaces.
- Collect rain water for other uses — Place buckets outside when it rains and use this water to water plants, wash your car, or do laundry.
- Sweep, don’t spray — Not only can you be fined, but you can also save 80 gallons a year by sweeping walkways instead of hosing them down.
Looking for a new home that is water-bill friendly? Give me a call!
the link for the Reduce Water Usage WORD doc has a different flyer attachment.
George,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention! The correct Word file is now available through the download link.
Regards,
ft Editorial
Saving 25% or any amount of your water used does not reflect equal savings on your water bill. The dollar amount you save is on the water consumed and is shown in the water bill as units (a unit of water is 748 gallons). Most of the invoiced amount on any water bill is for fixed fees (base meter charge) and administration which do not reduce according to units saved. However, you would save a percentage of the water unit cost that is charged to you of the water rate only. Water consumption units are either shown at a fixed amount per unit or as a tiered rate. Each water district sets those unit rates and in my water district, for 10 units, the cost of that water is $3.31 per unit for the first ten units, next twenty units are at $4.14 and over that at $5.51. Saving a gallon of water will only save me about 1/2 of one cent at the lower tier rate, However water conservation is necessary and we should all save where we can.
Your templates suck. Your pdf is locked and practically un-editabe.
Let’s see…we need to build more units, but we need to use less water………..OooKaaay.