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CONSERVING
WATER TIPS
Old World Plumbing’s Top Five
Water Conservation Tips
Water is an essential and precious commodity, but we often forget to treat it as
such. For those of us who don’t live in a drought-ridden state, it’s an especially low
priority to conserve water. Unfortunately, the United Nations predicts that by 2025
two out of three people on this planet will live in a water-stressed environment.
While we can’t completely fix the sins of the past, we can put an eye toward our
future by learning how to conserve water now. Google is full of suggestions from
the practical to the utterly horrifying (we can’t even elaborate without gagging).
We’d like to think our suggestions are a little more doable, and a lot simpler.
1.) FIX THOSE LEAKING FAUCETS: If you
think a leaky faucet makes an annoying
noise, wait until you see your water bill.
A small drip can use over 20 gallons of
water per day. Large drips, as you can
imagine, waste far more.
2.) DON’T FORGET THE TOILET: For your
toilet, put a little food coloring in your
tank. Do not flush. If the color begins to
seep into the bowl within 30 minutes,
you’ve got a leak that is likely wasting a
lot of water.
3.) INSTALL LOW-FLOW SHOWER HEADS
AND LOW-FLOW FAUCET AERATORS in
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all your bathrooms. For those of you
concerned about losing water pressure,
a low-flow shower head cuts the water
flow by almost half while not reducing
the pressure. Installing these on sinks
and toilets cuts water usage by well
over 50% and is an incredibly inexpensive and useful way to cut household
costs.
4.) TAKE SHORTER SHOWERS. We don’t like
it either, but better 5 minutes less now than
spending your golden years deeply thirsty
(remember that 2025 prediction from the
United Nations?).
5.) BYOB: Less bottled water, more people
who carry one BPA-free bottle that they
continually refill. Often, bottled water is
nothing more than cleverly marketed tap
water allegedly from someplace you won’t
ever see and can’t pronounce.
With a few simple adjustments, we can all
contribute to a better tomorrow. If we won’t
do it for ourselves, we should think of the
generations ahead of us. No one wants to
see their loved ones go without something so basic—and something so easily
conserved.
If you need help implementing any of our suggestions, our licensed plumbers are
always at your disposal. Just give us a call at 630-584-8888!