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Water
is a valuable resource and should be used wisely.
All the water we use has to be cleaned and
treated before being reused or returned to our
rivers or the sea. This all costs time, money and
energy. In addition polluted water is a major
problem to our environment and health.
You
can help conserve water and cut the cost of
cleaning it by following the tips on these pages.
General
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leaks to your local water company 2. Taps. Fix
leaking taps by replacing worn out
washers. A dripping tap can lose up to 13
litres of water every day - a bathful
every week (500 bucketfulls per year). A simple washer change is
usually all that is needed.
3. Use a
couple of buckets of water instead of the
hose when washing the car
4. Instead
of running the hot tap until the water is
hot, use the cool water to help get the
right temperature instead of adding cold
water later.
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Did you know |
A
typical person uses 150 litres of water
every day, the equivalent of 18 buckets!
In the average
household the water is used in the
following ways:
Flushing
the toilet 30%
Baths & Showers 30%
Washing Machines 15%
Dishwashers & Washing up 6%
Outside( Watering garden etc) 4%
Other Indoor uses (hand washing
cleaning, cooking,drinking etc) 10%
Other 5%
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In
the UK we are now using 70% more water
than we were 40 years ago (1960)
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Water
shortages are caused by growing demand
and increasingly dry weather. Although
rainfall has been higher in recent years
this was preceded by several years of dry
weather.
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Water
shortages are damaging our environment.
Low river levels affect water quality,
increase the concentration of pollutants,
reduce oxygen levels necessary to plant
life and increase water temperatures.
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