Saving
water inside the house
 Bathroom
- Install a water efficient
shower head – traditional ‘old
style’ shower heads use about 20 litres of
water per minute, twice as much as water efficient
appliances.
- Install a dual flush toilet or cistern
weight in your old single flush toilet – they
can halve the water use from 12-20 litres a flush
to six (6)
litres
a flush.
- Install aerators or flow regulators on your
taps – often
it is the pressure rather than the water volume that
you need.
- Fix leaking showerheads and taps – a
dripping tap can waste more than 35,000 litres of
water a
year.
- Fix leaking toilets – leaking toilets
can waste around 20-40 litres of water an hour.
Insulate hot water pipes – this avoids wasting
water and power while waiting for hot water to flow
through.
- Make sure your hot water thermostat is not
set too high – adding
cold water to cool the temperature of water is wasteful.
- Take
shorter showers – long hot showers use
around 10 to 20 litres a minute, so cutting a 10
minute shower
down to four (4) minutes will save around
60 - 120 litres of water.
- Don’t leave water
running when brushing teeth, washing hands or shaving.
Use a bucket to catch grey water in your shower or
bathtub to be reused in your garden.
 In the kitchen
- Install aerators or flow regulators on your taps,
often it is the pressure rather than the water volume
that
you need.
- Only run the dishwasher when you have
a full load, as they can use up to 60 litres of water
for each load.
- Don’t leave water running when
rinsing dishes, washing vegetables or washing hands.
In the laundry
- Install a water efficient washing machine – front
loaders are often more efficient than top loaders.
- By
buying a 5 ‘A’ or 4 star rated washing
machine, you can receive money back from your local
Council.
- Install aerators or flow regulators on your
taps.
- Make sure the washing machine settings are right
for the load before you begin – if there is
no load adjustment setting, wait until you have a
full load.
- Ask for more information on the REFIT Kit,
subsidised by Gosford and Wyong Councils and Energy
Australia,
if you need to update your showerhead,
toilet or taps.
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Page last updated: 17/10/2006 |
