The existence of water that seems available everyday like a never-ending resource is surely made. Nevertheless, by exploiting this natural resource will lead toward water inadequacy that will harm the environment in the long-run.
Water that’s consumed in the home actually makes up a small amount of total water footprint from the consumer. The bulk mostly came from indirect usage of water–water used in the products that we consume, such food and clothing. In America, the average family uses approximately 300 gallons of water that’s practically used indoors.
There are some ways to reduce this water footprint that is used both indoors and outdoors.
- Saving Water in Kitchen
A good start to deal with the water consumption in the kitchen is by scraping the food into the trash or compost bin instead of rinsing dishes before adding them to the dishwasher. Make sure that your dishwasher is fully loaded so you can do a proper wash cycle and make use of the water. In case you wash the dishes by hand, plug your sink or else use basin so you can limit the water instead of letting it run amok
When it comes to frozen foods, defrost them in the fridge overnight instead of constantly watering them. Keep a jug of water in the fridge for your drink and aside from that, you can go eat plant based food, since animal products are more water-intensive.
- Saving Water in Bathroom
When it comes to the largest consumer of indoor water, we can agree that bathrooms consume the most. You can start by turning off the sink tap whenever you wash your face, brushing your teeth. You can cut even further by limiting your shower time to five minutes. Save more by turning it off whenever you’re shampooing or lathering your bodies.
- Saving Water in Laundry
Laundry rooms are one of the largest consumption parts of household water. Traditional washing machines used approximately 50 gallons of water per load, more than the water-conserving washing machines that consume less than 27 gallons, according to the EPA.
One way to cut the water consumption is by doing a full load washing and choosing the applicable water level and soil settings. Doing this with the combination of high-efficient machines will consume the needed amount of water. You can also use HE (High-Efficient) detergent that will help the process even more.
- Saving Outdoors Water
Lastly, when it comes to outdoor water consumption, in case you have a landscape you can appropriate plants that consume a small amount of water and resistance to drought. By maintaining climate-appropriate landscape properly, it will use less than one-half water needed for traditional landscape.
Adjust the irrigation controllers at least once a month, since one of the largest consumers for outdoor water is the automatic irrigation system. Use the water when it is necessary and use irrigation control to maintain a safe and less-consuming irrigation. (spinabifida.net)
