"You never get used to it," says Cheryl Evans, a 55 year old, who has lived in the town of 148. "When you're used to having water, and you aint got it, it's strange! I can't tell you, how many times, I've turned on the faucet before remembering the water's been off!"
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A few years ago, I was working as a temporary laborer after a job layoff. I was assigned to a manufacturing plant, and about ten in the morning, I went into the break-room to take my break. About the same time, an laborer of the business came into the break-room holding a coffee cup, and he dumped some left-over coffee into the sink. Whet he did next, certainly irritated me, but because I was a temporary employee, I couldn't say anything. Instead of rinsing the cup, which would only take a few seconds, and place it in the dish-rack, he placed the cup in the sink, and turned on the water, and let it run in the cup, and walked out of the break-room!
For fifteen minutes he let the water run in the cup in the sink, and as I was about to leave after my break, he entered the break-room, and turned off the water and put the coffee cup into the dish-rack. A blatant miss-use of water!
In another incident with the miss-use of water, I do most of my work on my computer, but because I don't have a printer, I walk about five blocks to a local society college to get some printing done. One day, while my walk, I noticed a home-owner watering his lawn. Most of the houses here, sit on hilly terrain, and many of the years are tiered to level them off. But, not this front year, as it is pretty steep, and the water just runs out into the gutter and down the street. There was a time, when I walked to the society college at seven in the morning, and the sprinklers were on. And, when I returned two hours later at nine in the morning, the sprinklers were still on, and the water was still running down into the gutter and down the street!
We have an ordinance in the city where I live, against wasting water, so I called the 311 number, and gave them the data where this water was being wasted. Water is our most important resource, and I have a list of beneficial tips everyone can do at home to conserve water.
* Check for secret leaks. Read the house meter before and after a two-hour duration when no water is being used. If the meter does not read exactly the same, there is a leak.
* Check your toilet for leaks. Put a microscopic food coloring in your toilet tank. If, without flushing, the color begins to appear in the bowl within 30 minutes, you have a leak that should be repaired immediately. Most replacements parts are reasonable and easy to install.
* Don't use the toilet for an ashtray or wastebasket. Every time you flush a cigarette butt, facial tissue or other small bit of trash, five to seven gallons of water is wasted.
* Put plastic bottles in your toilet tank. To cut down on water waste, put an inch or two or pebbles inside each of two plastic bottles to weight them down. Fill the bottles with water, screw the lids on, and put them in your toilet tank, safely away from the operating mechanisms. This may save ten or more gallons of water per day. Be sure at least 3 gallons of water remain in the tank so it will flush properly. For new installations, think buying "low-flush" toilets, which use 1 to 2 gallons per flush instead of the usual 3 to 5 gallons.
* Insulate your water pipes. It's easy and reasonable to insulate your water pipes with pre-slit foam pipe insulation. You'll get hot water faster plus avoid wasting water while it heats up.
* setup water-saving shower heads and low-flow faucet aerators. reasonable water-saving shower heads or restrictors are easy for the homeowner to install. Limit your showers to the time it takes to soap-up and rinse off. All household faucets should be fit with aerators. This single best home water conservation formula is also the cheapest.
* Take shorter showers. One way to cut down on water use is to turn off the shower after soaping up, and then turn it back on the rinse. A four-minute shower uses roughly 20 to 40 gallons of water.
* Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush. There is no need to keep the water running while brushing your teeth. Just wet your brush and fill a glass for mouth rinsing.
* Rinse your razor in the sink. Fill the sink with a few inches of warm water. This will rinse your razor just as well as running water, with far less waste of water.
* Check faucets and pipe leaks. A small drip from a worn faucet washer can waste 20 gallons of water per day. A drip-stop valve can be used to replace rubber faucet washer; these valves are guaranteed to stop leaks for life.
* Use your dishwasher and clothes washer for only full loads. With clothes washers, avoid the permanent press cycle, which uses an added (5 gallons) for the rinse.
* Minimize use of kitchen sink garbage disposal units. In sink 'garburators' need lots of water to control properly.
* When washing the dishes by hand, don't leave the water running. If you have a double-basin, fill one with soapy water and one with rinse water. If you have a single-basin sink, accumulate washed dishes in a dish rack and rinse them with a spray gismo or pan full of water.
* Don't let the faucet run while you clean vegetables. Just rinse them in a stoppered sink or a pan of clean water.
* Keep a bottle of drinking water in the fridge. Running tap water to cool it off for drinking water is wasteful.
* Water your lawn only when it needs it. Water while the early parts of the day; avoid watering when it's windy.
* Plant drought-resistant shrubs and plants. think applying the principles of xeriscaping for a low-maintenance, drought unyielding yard.
* Put a layer of mulch colse to trees and plants. Mulch will slow evaporation of moisture while discouraging weed growth.
* Don't water the gutter. Position your sprinklers so water lands on the lawn or garden, and not on paved areas. Also, avoid watering on windy days.
* Don't run the hose while washing your car. Clean the car using a pail of soapy water. Use the hose only for rinsing.
* Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks.
The Mayor in Orme, Tennessee says the crises in his town could serve as a warning to other communities to conserve water before it's too late! "I feel for the folks in Atlanta," he says. "They've got thousands of habitancy down there! We can survive. We're only 148 people! What are they going to do? It's a scary thought!"
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