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Green Living Tips > Waste Reduction
Water Saving Tips
In the house
1. Fix dripping taps as soon as you find them. Most drips can be fixed by changing the washer. A dripping tap can use as much as 90 litres of water every day: 32,000 litres of water in a year*.
2. Turn off the tap when you are brushing your teeth. A running tap can use up to nine litres a minute*.
3. Wash dishes and vegetables in a bowl rather than in the sink or under the tap.
4. Consider water efficiency when buying a new washing machine or dishwasher.
5. Only use your dishwasher or your washing machine when you have full loads, or use the half-load button.
6. Have a shower instead of a bath. A 10-minute shower uses half the water of an average bath, but be aware that power showers can use a third more water than the average bath*.
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Store a jug of cold water in the fridge, rather than running the tap to get a drink of cold water.
In the garden
1. Water your garden at dusk, when less water will evaporate.
2. Save rainwater in a water butt, to use for watering your garden and washing your car. A standard water butt may collect 5,000 litres of rainwater a year*.
3. Water your garden with a watering can rather than a sprinkler. This is more accurate, so will reduce the amount of water that is wasted.
4. Wash your car using a bucket and sponge, rather than a hosepipe. A hosepipe can use up to 1,100 litres of water per hour*.
* Anglian Water.
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