You often hear people going on about "saving water", particularly in the summer when people turn on their hosepipes to water their garden blah blah blah. You might think that this isn't important right now what with all the rain we've had but AHA! It is I tell you.
This is because when we use water in our homes, for washing, cleaning, drinking, whatever, that water has to be pumped to us. Pumping water requires ENERGY! And for every cubic metre of water pumpted to our homes, one kWh of electricity is used. So, even if you're not heating your water, just having it delivered to your home is resulting in carbon emissions through the energy consumed to pump it to you.
Standard water conservation tips include:
- Take showers instead of baths (but not power showers because they use just as much water as a full bath)
- Get a water butt for your garden and use this to water your plants instead
- Don't leave the tap running when you brush your teeth
If you are lovely and wonderful and already do all of this I have another tip for you. At first I wasn't sure about this but now I'm used to it I don't even notice I'm doing it, and I reckon it reduces my water usage by half when having showers.
- When you have a shower, just turn on the water to get wet, then switch it off. Soap up, wash, and then turn it back on again to wash off. Woo! Also applies for hairwashing.
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