TEN EASY WATER CONSERVATION TIPS
1

Collect rainwater for outdoor use during the peak summer months, and you can save up to 1,300 gallons of water.

2

Watering your lawn in the morning saves water from being evaporated by the midday heat and reduces your water bill, too!

3

When needed, water your lawn one inch, once a week. Place a 6-ounce tuna can on your lawn and stop watering when it’s full.

4

If every household fixed just one leaky faucet, we could reduce water use in Texas by more than 13 billion gallons a year!

5

Installing a water-efficient showerhead can reduce water consumption by 25% to 60% and save energy.

6

Check your toilet by using a leak-detection dye tablet; otherwise, you could be wasting about 200 gallons of water a day.

7

Turn off the water faucet while you brush your teeth and save up to 4 gallons of water per minute.

8

Replacing older toilets with water-efficient toilets can save 9,000 gallons of water a year.

9

Washing only full loads of laundry can save an average household more than 3,400 gallons of water each year.

10

An Energy Star dishwasher is about 25% more efficient than a conventional one, and will save about 800 gallons of water per year.

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