In South Carolina, we use "a lot" of water. Just a few years ago, it was estimated that we use seven million gallons a day in the Palmetto state alone. We have a few quick fixes to save you money and water with go green/save green.
Everyone loves their shower. In fact, 17 percent of your water use comes from your daily shower. But if you have a leaky faucet, you could be wasting hundreds of gallons a year. We're going to tell you a couple of ways to go green and save green and make sure these faucets stay on.
In the U.S., we use 1.2 trillion gallons of water just to take a shower. But with minor water leaks, we're wasting about the same amount each year. That's why you've got to do something to fix that leaky faucet.
Just by installing a shower head that's more energy efficient and has a Water Sense label, you could save 2300 gallons of water a year.
You don't want to flush away your savings. Toilets use 30 percent of our daily water use. So, by installing energy saving features, we can save 5.4 billion gallons a day and over four billion dollars a year.
An easy way to fix a leaky toilet is simply to replace the rubber flapper. It doesn't cost a lot of money and it can save you 200 gallons of water waste a day.
Another place where you could be losing a lot of water is with your garden hose outside. So one thing you want to make sure to do is replace the washer that's inside of the hose. That will prevent leakage that you don't even know about.
Another way to make sure you are not wasting water is to have your landscape irrigation system checked for any hidden leaks that you may not even realize are there.
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