Water is Life. (Tips on Conservation)

10 Easy Tips on Water Conservation. 100 Tips. The 100 tips, are more ideas, but most people don't usually spend the time to READ all 100. So here are MY tips (and I am always working to evolve better ways to conserve water).

1. Turning off faucet while brushing teeth. This should be a given....and it's easy to make (good) a habit. BUT what I recently noticed was....if you are living with a roommate, boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse....is EVERYONE in your house doing this...or is it just you? My husband brushes his teeth at different times than me, so I did not realize he was leaving the faucet running. So I left him a friendly reminder:

p.s. that is dry-erase pen on bathroom mirror.

also a good place to write other reminders

and daily affirmations!

2. Collect excess water for plants. In the summer I leave a bucket in the shower, to catch excess water. All year round I collect glasses of water left out, you know...where someone got themselves a glass of water and then didn't bother to finish it? I dump that water into a watering can, or directly into a plant OR into our pet's water dish. 

3. Don't flush the toilet every time, if it's just #1! Especially in the middle of the night...bc not only is it wasteful, but honestly...it's kind of freaky. Anyone else get freaked out? Of course, remember to flush when you have guests over...bc that could just be awkward. BUT if it's just you...and you're the only one who's going to be home for a while just leave it! Even if you flush every-other, that is saving HALF the amount of water!

4. Don't take baths. A bath a couple times a year...when you are sick or really stressed is fine of course! BUT honestly, taking a bath to get clean is kind of pointless. Basically you are using WAY more water than you would in a 10-15 minute shower, just to fill up the tub....and wallowing in your own filth in the tub. None of that is being rinsed away. blech! Plus it's not possible to do tip #2 (collect water) if you are bathing.

Okay you all know this stuff anyway. Please feel free to share your own tips! I am always interested in more/better ways of conserving.