9 Random Ways to Save Water

By Katie McCabe, San Diego Living Green Examiner

1. Only order water in restaurants if you really want it. According to the San Diego Water Department, every glass of water served at a restaurant requires another two glasses to wash and rinse it. “Since nearly 70 million meals are served each day in US restaurants, we’d save more than 26 million gallons of water if only one person in four declined the complimentary glassful.”

2. Color your toilet water. Add a few drops of food coloring into your toilet tank. If it seeps into the toilet before you’ve flushed, you have a leak. Fixing the leak can save countless gallons per month.

3. Put a plastic bottle in your toilet tank. First, add about an inch of sand to the bottle, then fill it with water and screw on the cap. Put the bottle into your tank (away from any important plumbing items): The amount of space taken up by the bottle equals the amount of water saved in each flush.

4. Water your lawn with more water…but less often. Sprinkling your lawn too lightly can actually prevent the water from getting deep enough into the soil, which causes the grass to develop shallower roots and the grass becomes less resistant to a drought. Instead, deep soak your grass and use the San Diego Water Department’s landscape watering calculator to know how often for your lawn: http://apps.sandiego.gov/landcalc/start.do.

5. Cover your pool. An averaged-sized pool loses 1,000 gallons of water per month. You can reduce it by 90% by using a pool cover.

6. Add a patio. A nice patio will not only add value to your property, but it also takes the place of grass or other plants that need to be watered.

7. Water your lawn on non-windy days. The wind can blow the water off your grass or plants. What a waste!

8. Don’t use your toilet or sink as a garbage can. Flushing tissues or cigarettes down your toilet wastes a flush every time. And scraping your dishes into your garbage disposal rather than a trash can (or compost bin!) causes extra running water.

9. Water plants in creative ways. Use leftover water to water your plants: melted ice from a cup, water from cooking noodles or vegetables, or the water from your hot water faucet while waiting for it to warm up.

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Source: Examiner.com

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