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Water Conservation:. The Facts and What you Can do About it..

Prepared by:-. Patel Jaimin [130680102026] Jani Chirag [130680102012] Patel Mit [130680102031] Patel Rhutul [1306801035] Joshi Arpana [130680102013] Ghodasara Mayank [130680102009] Guided by:- Khushbu A. Patel.

What is water conservation?. What is Water Conservation? Water conservation is a practice in which people, companies, and governments attempt to reduce their water usage. SAVE WATER WATER CONSERVATION THE WORLD YOUR HANDS.

GOALS. Understand the Need for Water Conservation. Understand the Need for Monitoring, Submetering , and Leak Detection. Be Familiar With How Water Pressure Relates to Water Conservation. Understand the Principles of Water Recycling and Water Reuse. Be Familiar With Cooling Water Conservation. Be Familiar With Industrial Water Conservation Measures. Understand Bathroom Water Conservation Measures. Understand the Basic Principles of Xeriscape Landscaping. Understand the Importance of Water Conservation Education and Employee Participation..

Why conserve water??. Why Conserve Water? Water is essential to life on earth. We need water to grow food, keep clean, provide power, control fire, and last but not least, we need it to stay alive! Use Water Wisely SAVE WATER! In Vour Yaml In —r.

Continue…. If water is constantly being cleaned and recycled through the earth's water cycle, why do we need to conserve it? The answer is that people use up our planet's fresh water faster than it can naturally be replenished..

Typical Household water use. Typical Household Water Use 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 13% Clothes 18% Shower Toilets Turf 17% Other.

Water Facts. Bathroom claims nearly 75% of water use In 1990, the average person used 183 gallons of water per day. The water use is about 50% higher in the west than the east..

Shave and a haircut … …a bit more than “two bits”.

Ways to conserve water. Simple Ways To Conserve Water • When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water. • Run your clothes washer and dishwasher only when they are full. You can save up to 1,000 gallons a month. WATER USE IT WISELY.

Ways to conserve water. Simple Ways To Conserve Water • Some refrigerators, air conditioneß and ice- makers are oled with wasted flows of water. Consider upgrading Mith air-cooled appliances for significant water savings. • Adjust sprinklers so only your lawn is watered and not the h01Lse, sidewalk, or street..

Rainwater Harvesting for Consumption. Cost less than $1500 to build Softer Water: 5mg/gal of dissolved minerals as compared to 500 in city water. Cut water use by 95% Many use similar system for laundry and toilets..

“Sawdust Toilet”. When used, add layer of sawdust to absorb odors. When full, empty into compost pile Some save urine separately. Can be diluted and used on plants for its nitrogen richness..

Tips from the Errsons. Dishwashing: Wash all dishes at once Then rinse all at once Bathing: Catch the water while the shower is warming up to water plants Turn water off while you are soaping up.

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Waste Water Wetlands. The system will function in the dormant as well as the summer season. The oxidizing purification occurs in the root activity not the nutrient removal 1 sq. ft for each gallon of daily flow..

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Toilet Tidbits. A family of 4 uses 881 gallons of water per week just to flush their toilet. If everyone in the US flushed one less time a day, we could save enough water to make a square mile lake that is four feet deep everyday..

Toilet. Toilets made before 1993, use between 3.5 and 8 gallons per flush. Newer toilets use less than 1.6 gpf. This becomes a water use difference of 9.7 gallons per day.

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Saving water. Add bricks or two liter bottles filled with water to your tank to reduce gpf. Add food coloring to the tank, wait 30 mins. If the bowl is colored then you have a tank leak. Running water while shaving or brushing teeth, wastes more water than what one person needs for an entire week..

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Shower improvements. Take shorter showers Replace shower head with water savers that use 2.5 gpm or less Do not take baths. The typical bath uses over 50 gallons of water. Consider collecting excess water for use on house plants..

Kitchen.

Kitchen Facts. Typical dishwasher uses between 8 and 15 gallons per load. High efficiency washer use around 6. The Dishwasher is about 1.4% of typical water use. Faucets represent 15.7% of the typical water use. One drip per second from a faucet will waste 2,700 gallons per year.

Kitchen Improvements. Install low-flow faucet aerators. Only run dishwasher when full. New dishwashers are powerful. Don’t pre-wash dishes. Collect excess sink water for watering plants.

Kitchen (Continued). A garbage disposal wastes lots of water. Compost instead This will also reduce solid waste in waterlines by 50% or more. Do not leave running while washing dishes..

Laundry. Replace old washer with water saver model. New models use 23 gallons as compared to the 41 of older machines. Only wash full loads. Pretreat stains to avoid rewashing.

What is Grey Water and Dual Plumbing?. Grey water is domestic wastewater from sinks, tubs, and clothing washers that is used for lawn care Dual plumbing is a process of recycling water by having to separate drainage lines to the city utility. St. Petersburg, Fl currently is using this process..

Grey water system or Dual Plumbing. Not legal in some cities and states. This stifles the ability to market and sell this technology. Will keep your plants and lawn thriving in drought conditions. Provides lots of organic materials for the plants as well..

The Car Wash. A 15 min. car wash uses 100 gallons of water. Use a bucket of water and rags instead Go to a commercial car wash that reuses their water..

The Family Pool. Ways to Save: A pool cover Repair any leaks An inch a day leak in a 15 X 30ft pool wastes 102,000 gallons. Turn heat down to slow evaporation. Maintain pool to avoid water waste in refilling it..

Xeriscape: History. The purpose of Xeriscape was to popularize landscape water conservation and to educate people about the importance of water to humans and other life forms..

Benefits of Xeriscape. Reduces water use Reduces fertilizer use Reduces pesticide use Lower maintenance costs Reduces runoff Preserves Topsoil Drought Tolerant Lower maintenance needs.

Using your water meter to conserve. Leaks can account for more than 10% of a typical families water bill. On a straight reading meter, read it just like a car odometer. A “round reading dial”: Start with the 100,000 ft dial and work around to the 1 ft dial. If between numbers round down..

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