1) Check your pipes and taps for leaks if you spot a leak, get it fixed straight away and pop a bowl underneath to catch the water and empty it regularly back into the sink until it’s fixed. A dripping tap can waste 15 litres of water a day, or 5,500 litres of water a year which can equate to. Make sure you give us a call if you have a leak: 0800 024 1419
2) Turn the tap off whilst you brush your teeth. Simple changes make a huge difference when multiplied by all the households in the UK
3) Try and keep your showers under 5 minutes, set yourself timer on your phone and be aware of how long you’ve been in the shower.
4) Get a cistern displacer for your toilet to cut the amount of water used when you flush the toilet.
5) Always use full loads in your dishwasher and washing machine. Or use a bowl to wash up to save even more water.
6) Install a water meter. When you’re paying your utility provider for exactly how much water you use, laid out in an itemised bill, there’s an incentive to waste less!
7) Use your outside tap to fill a watering can instead of using a hosepipe (It can use as much as 1,000 litres of water an hour!). Mulching your plants (with bark chippings, heavy compost or straw) and watering in the early morning and late afternoon will reduce evaporation and also save water.
8) Get a water butt for your garden. When the rain is plentiful it makes sense to save the rainwater for your garden for when the rain isn’t so plentiful. It saves 1000s of litres per year.
How to save water in summer
- Check your pipes and taps for leaks
If you spot a leak, get it fixed straight away and pop a bowl underneath to catch the water and empty it regularly back into the sink until it’s fixed. A dripping tap can waste 15 litres of water a day, or 5,500 litres of water a year which can equate to. Make sure you give us a call if you have a leak: 0800 024 1419
- Turn the tap off whilst you brush your teeth.
Simple changes make a huge difference when multiplied by all the households in the UK
- Try and keep your showers under 5 minutes
Set yourself timer on your phone and be aware of how long you’ve been in the shower.
- Get a cistern displacer
Get a cistern displacer for your toilet to cut the amount of water used when you flush the toilet.
- Always use full loads in your dishwasher and washing machine.
Or use a bowl to wash up to save even more water.
- Install a water meter.
When you’re paying your utility provider for exactly how much water you use, laid out in an itemised bill, there’s an incentive to waste less!
- Use your outside tap to fill a watering can
Use your outside tap to fill a watering can instead of using a hosepipe (It can use as much as 1,000 litres of water an hour!). Mulching your plants (with bark chippings, heavy compost or straw) and watering in the early morning and late afternoon will reduce evaporation and also save water.
- Get a water butt for your garden.
When the rain is plentiful it makes sense to save the rainwater for your garden for when the rain isn’t so plentiful. It saves 1000s of litres per year.
