5 Ways to Save More Water in San Mateo

January 18th, 2016

Water is one of our most precious resources. While water covers 70% of the Earth, only 3% is suited for human consumption. Even people who live in areas with ample rainfall need to practice water conservation as using water consumes energy in pumping, heating and re-processing it. Luckily, there are ways and tips for saving water for everyone in our society. Here are a few tips in which you can save water easily:

• Saving water from taps – Turning off the tap when brushing teeth, shaving, doing dishes and washing hands as well as when showering saves everyone a lot of money. Use the cold water coming out of the faucet or shower while waiting for the hot water. This water can be used to water plants or pour into the toilet reservoir post flushing.
• Installing low flow shower heads – These low flow devices are cheap and screw simply into place with current units maintaining pressure and feel of the flow while using nearly half as much water as regular shower heads. Have showers instead of baths as this uses nearly one third of the amount of water used in a bath.
• Create dual flush toilet – These are toilets flushing smaller amounts of water for the activity you carry out at the toilet. This helps save a lot of water. The half flush button comes in handy here.
• Replace washing machine with a high-efficiency washer – Old style top loading machines consume 45 gallons each load with an average family of four running 300 loads each year. The newer high-efficiency washer consume just 15 to 30 gallons each load. You end up saving almost 34000 liters a year.
• Wash full dish loads – Select the economy mode when washing clothes. Load your dishwasher full but not too full. Check energy and water usage levels of the dishwasher prior to purchasing one.

Especially in a Californian city like San Mateo, water conservation is in its peak time of importance. Although we run the risk of facing severe drought conditions frequently in this part of the country, we should always be creating habits to save water for the sake of our environment.