"I strongly that the quality of life we enjoy depends on the quality of our environment we live and work in. We therefore have a responsibility to act in a manner to prevent pollution to safeguard the environment for future generations to come."
Most people do not realize the water that one uses each day. I know I don't. I use water several times a day from washing my hands, cooking to laundry. With out taking a second to look back and think about it, I have no clue how much I waste.I am one to be called a fish...live on the lake and use it every day in the summer, drink well over 8 glasses a day, take long showers, and worst of all my family owns a bed and breakfast so the washer is constantly running (many times over 20 loads a day). I do recycle and try to reduce and reuse but water is something that I admit take for granted. I need to work on "making every drop count". What do you do to save water?
Brushing teeth 3 gallons a day
Shower 40 gallons every 10 minutes
Bath 20 gallons
Toilet 28 gallons a day per person
Washing machine 45 gallons per load
Ashlie
http://www.awwu.biz/website/Admin/kitchen_conservation.htm
Most people do not realize the water that one uses each day. I know I don't. I use water several times a day from washing my hands, cooking to laundry. With out taking a second to look back and think about it, I have no clue how much I waste.I am one to be called a fish...live on the lake and use it every day in the summer, drink well over 8 glasses a day, take long showers, and worst of all my family owns a bed and breakfast so the washer is constantly running (many times over 20 loads a day). I do recycle and try to reduce and reuse but water is something that I admit take for granted. I need to work on "making every drop count". What do you do to save water?
Brushing teeth 3 gallons a day
Shower 40 gallons every 10 minutes
Bath 20 gallons
Toilet 28 gallons a day per person
Washing machine 45 gallons per load
Ashlie
http://www.awwu.biz/website/Admin/kitchen_conservation.htm
2 comments:
Not wasting water does seem to go unnoticed since water makes up so much of the earth, but I agree, it's an important issue that many of us don't realize. The main things I was always told as a kid to do is to turn off the sink while brushing your teeth and only use as much water as you need but I'm such a creature of habit it's hard for me to do if I don't actually think about it.
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