Did you know that it takes about 7,500 litres of water a day to support a standard North American lifestyle?
If you throw a few pairs of jeans in your washing machine and forget to adjust the water-level setting from ‘large’ to ‘small’, you’re wasting water. Since doing laundry accounts for almost 22 per cent of indoor home water use, always setting your machine to the proper load size means big savings.
Go with the low-flow – a low-flow showerhead can conserve 55 litres of water during a 10-minute shower. Try to take a five-minute shower to double the savings.
Dishwashers use 15 to 20 litres of water per load, while hand-washing the same volume drinks up about 75 litres. So stack up the dinner plates, pots and pans in the dishwasher (but wait until you’ve got a full load before running it).
If you have a standard toilet buy a brick. Older toilets require about 13 litres per flush versus 4.84 litres for low-flow models. A brick in the tank can force some of the water to be displaced, which means you’ll use less. Better yet, invest in a new water-conserving toilet.
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