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Cc03-431 Make Every Drop Count In Your Home
Cc03-431 Make Every Drop Count In Your Home
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
There are four ways to reduce water in your home ...
1. Maintain -- Fix leaks and dripping faucets. Leaks can account for 14 to 25 percent of all indoor water use.
2. Change -- Change the way water is used in the home.
3. Equipment -- Purchase water-reducing equipment and appliances.
4. Think -- Develop creative water conserving practices that are safe and sanitary.
Start wtih the largest water users. The toilet, shower/bath, and clothes washer account for two-thirds of the water used in an average household.
Cc03-432 Make Every Drop Count In Your Home On Your Yard
Cc03-432 Make Every Drop Count In Your Home On Your Yard
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Did You Know...
Weather adjustments to an automatic irrigation system can conserve A LOT of water.
A system applying 1 inch of water to an average size lawn (approximately 5,000 square feet) that has already received sufficient rain wastes over 3,000 gallons of water -- a year's supply of drinking water for 17 people.