Wondering what you can do?
There are practical things we can all do to protect and conserve water.
Water Quality & Water Conservation
We use rainwater to water the plants in our garden.
This saves drinking water and plants prefer untreated water. Your tap water is often chlorinated if you are connected to a town water supply.
We use wastewater dumping stations at marinas for boat waste.
All boats should have holding tanks for toilet wastewater, which can be pumped out at marinas.
We shower for 4 minutes or less.
If you reduce your showering time from 7 minutes to only 4 minutes, you save about 60 L each time.
We fix leaky faucets.
Leaky taps can waste 300 gallons a year.
We only water our lawn and garden if necessary.
Lawns and gardens only need 5 mm of water a day during warm weather. A lawn only needs water if it doesn’t spring back up when you step on it. If you still need to water, it’s best to water during the cool part of the day.
We drink tap water instead of bottled water.
Bottled water is no better in quality than tap water and has even been found to contain micro plastics.
We inspect our septic system yearly and ensure it is functioning properly.
Failing Septic systems can be one of the biggest contributors of pollution to our waterways.
We use low-flow showerheads to reduce water consumption.
Low-flow showerheads reduce your water consumption by 11 L per minute.
We turn the water off when brushing our teeth.
This saves approximately 360 L per week.
Our toilet water tank has two flushing options.
This cuts water use in half.
We wash only full loads of laundry in our washing machine or adjust water levels to match the size of the load.
Your average washing machine uses 54 gallons per load.
We have a composting toilet.
Composting toilets require no water at all and keep nutrients and pollutants out of waterways.