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A To Z of Water Saving Recommendations

<p>Things are easier to recall when they’re in some kind of order&period; That’s why we have produced an alphabetic list of 26 alterations you can make to save water at home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There won’t be enough for everybody in the world by 2060&comma; as the population across the world continues to grow&period; This is why we need to make some alterations to the method we now use water&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9886" alt&equals;"water" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;11&sol;water-300x260&period;jpg" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"260" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>A<&sol;b>tap that has been leaking for a week will waste almost 100 litres of water&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>B<&sol;b>rush your teeth without running the water&period; When rising use a glass instead of running the water&period; In just one minute almost 10 litres of water can be wasted from a running tap&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>C<&sol;b>ollect water that you haven’t used from your household chores and use it to water your flowers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>D<&sol;b>ouble the amount of water will be used if your washing machine is only half full&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>E<&sol;b>gg shellsmake great plant food because they are full of nutrition&period; So your plants can be watered with the leftover water after boiling an egg&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>F<&sol;b>ridges keep things cold&period; You will waste water by running the tap to get a beverage&period; Every day put a jug of water in the fridge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>G<&sol;b>row your grass a little longer&period; Not only will it stay green a lot longer but you won’t need to water it as much&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>H<&sol;b>ave a firm’s references and certification checked before using them&period; Likewise&comma; never pay the sum up front&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>I<&sol;b>nstall a water meter so you can see exactly just how much water you are using&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>J<&sol;b>ust 5 minutes in the shower every day can save almost 500 litres of water every week&comma; in comparison to a bath&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>K<&sol;b>ettles waste energy if you’re always filling them to the top&period; By just putting in the amount of water you want you can make savings on both your water and energy bill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>L<&sol;b>ow setting on your heating while you are not in the house during the winter could stop your pipes from bursting if the water freezes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>M<&sol;b>onitor your water bills and then make changes to the way you use water in light of your findings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>N<&sol;b>o additional watering is necessary for common shrubberies and plants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>O<&sol;b>ver-watering will merely cause wildflowers to cultivate and is not good for your grass&period; In the driest weather&comma; you will only need to water your lawn once a week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>P<&sol;b>lace food colouring in the cistern of your lavatory&period; If without flushing the bowl fills up with shade of the food colour&comma; then you recognise there is a leakage in your lavatory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Q<&sol;b>uery about the sprinkling requirement for diverse flowers at your nativeplant sales outlet&period;<b><&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>R<&sol;b>eplace the cistern in your toilet tank if it was manufactured prior to 1993&period; Less water is used in toilets that were manufactured after that year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>S<&sol;b>prinklers use the same amount of water in one hour as a family of four in one day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>T<&sol;b>rigger spraysevery week waste almost 250 litres of water&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>U<&sol;b>sethe dirty water from your fish tank to feed your flowers&period; It is a great source of flower nutrition as it is awash with nitrogen and phosphor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>V<&sol;b>ery &OpenCurlyQuote;water efficient’washing machines are now commonly available in the majority of appliance stores&period; The most effective products are those that are a classified A&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>W<&sol;b>eedsmust be detachedonce they appear as they will take all the water and nutrients for your flowers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>X<&sol;b>eriscape shows you how through minimal water usage you can keep a lovely garden&period; Look into it once you get a minute&period;<b><&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Y<&sol;b>ou should turn down the temperature of the hot water if it is too hot&period; You will waste water by mixing it with cold water&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Z <&sol;b>Water saving ideas don’t end here&period; Share your with us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b><i>Crown Utilities <&sol;i><&sol;b><i>is a supplier of water facilities in the UK&period;<&sol;i><i><&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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