How to reduce water waste this World Water Day?

World Water Day celebrates the gift of water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people currently living without access to safe water. By making adjustments to our day to day lives, we can help someone live a healthier life. Here’s how!

Introduce a bowl to your kitchen.

When washing fruit, vegetables, or dishes, using a bowl can reduce water wastage by 50%. Then, the wastewater can be used to water your plants.

Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.

A running tap uses up to 9 litres of water per minute.

Before using your washing machine or your dishwasher, wait until you have a full load.

Washing machines use around 7 litres of water for each kilogramme of clothes and dishwashers use around 10 to 15 litres of water per cycle.

If you have a dishwasher, try to use it instead of washing dishes by hand.

If the dishwasher is started on an eco-setting when it’s totally full, it can be more efficient than washing dishes by hand. Just make sure you avoid pre-rinsing. Detergents are effective enough, so just simply scrape and place the dishes inside the dishwasher.

If you can, take a shower instead of a bath.

A five-minute shower with an efficient showerhead uses around 40 litres of water. This is about half the amount of a standard bath.

Fill a jug with tap water and place this in your fridge.

This can stop you from leaving the tap running for the water to run cold each time time you fill your glass.

Use a water-saving device in your toilet cistern.

By using a Cistern Displacement Device (CDD), you could reduce water waste by 5000 litres per year. Depending on the size of your cistern, it’s possible to save between one and three litres each time you flush the toilet.

Introduce a watering can to your garden instead of a sprinkler or a hosepipe.

Garden sprinklers and hosepipes use between 500 and 1,000 litres of water an hour.

Collect rainwater off your roof by fitting a water butt to your downpipe.

Water butts can store between 100 to 700 litres of water. Using rainwater where possible reduces the overall amount of treated water used. Plus, rainwater is better for your plants. It doesn’t contain the hard water elements and has the correct pH level for most plants.

Make sure to regularly check your property for possible leaks on your plumbing.

Leaky pipes can cause 3 billion litres of water to go to waste every day. More than 20 million people have a daily water usage of the same amount.

Share your knowledge with people you know!

By turning these into habit, we are helping make change in the world. By getting one more person involved, we can save more water.

References:­ https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/ , https://www.waterwise.org.uk/ , https://www.worldwaterday.org/