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Water savers: 50 ways to live with less.
This year could be the driest on record in many states, prompting officials to call for water restrictions for residents and businesses alike. Of course, water conservation makes sense for environmental and economic reasons even if your area is not facing a water shortage.
Below, we've listed 50 ways to live with less water. Most can be done for little or no cost. Keep in mind that making just one or two changes can make a major difference. Fixing leaky toilets, for instance, can save more than 100 gallons of water a day.
KITCHEN AND LAUNDRY
No- or low-cost actions
* Run the dishwasher and the washing machine only when they are full.
...- YOUR SHARE OF THE WORLD'S WATER: 168 GALLONS EVERY DAY.(MAIN)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) October 6, 1996 700+ words
...teeth takes about two gallons. Taking a shower consumes...Dishwashers use 12 to 20 gallons per load. Even food and cars need water. It takes about a gallon of water to process a pound of...and a whopping 39,090 gallons to make a new car, including...
- Residents suffering well woes can get water by the gallon.
- Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) June 3, 2005 700+ words
...an affordable way to buy purified drinking water by the gallon. The Northwestern Water and Sewer District plans to open its first...this philosophical question: Should we sell water by the gallon? We already do that through waterlines...
- But will it hold water?(million gallon steel tank in San Francisco, California)
- Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME March 1, 2001 700+ words
...estate, with a million-gallon tank overhead; engineers...housing, sits a million-gallon steel tank, part of the local water supply. Beneath the hills...happen when 1.5 million gallons of water, weighing 7,100 tons...
- UNITED STATES FILTER CORP. SIGNS $15 MILLION WATER BY THE GALLON CONTRACT
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 12, 1995 700+ words
...agreement for the sale of high purity water by the gallon. U.S. Filter, through its...and operate a high flow rate water purification system to supply...this very exciting new area of water by the gallon. Much of the equipment underlying...
- Spill scientists mixing oil and water 1,000-gallon tank used for cleanups
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff February 4, 1996 700+ words
...environmentalism. Inside a 1,000-gallon wave tank, a sort of jumbo...process by which oil mixed with water becomes a yogurt-like mess...as hydrocarbon levels in the water and air and the size of suspended...example, the doughnut-shaped water course cannot adjust for the...
- DROPS OF WATER, GALLONS OF MISERY; CNY IS HELPING GHANA FIGHT FLESH-EATING...
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) October 25, 2005 700+ words
...might lurk in the river where she gathered water and washed her only child, or that they...cause, although they suspect standing water. Buruli is not contagious and rarely fatal...lacking hygiene, health care and clean water in developing countries, buruli has spread...
- Lost and found: a young operator learns there's no such thing as 'lost'...
- Magazine article from: Aquatics International Aranda, Mary Dittmar, Tina October 1, 2004 700+ words
...The 485,000-gallon, 50-meter indoor...includes a 120,000-gallon outdoor training...backfilling 120,000 gallons from the indoor pool...perfectly balanced water. But when Jeff returned...additional 120,000 gallons of water to the dry outdoor...
- Town makes clean water available; 5,000-gallon tanker stationed downtown in...
- Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) July 15, 2009 700+ words
...arranged to have a 5,000-gallon tanker stationed last night...Drive downtown to provide clean water for residents and businesses...bacteria in the public drinking water. For the past two days, local...feel comfortable using bottled water and plastic utensils to meet...
