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Best ways to help with climate change. Series.

Help with climate change,

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Water saving in the home

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To save water in the home you need to first count how much water is used to know what and how much you need to reduce your usage by. To do this follow the simple steps below. It is recommended you do this for about four weeks / a month so you can calculate your daily average as well.

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1 Day 1. Read your water meter before you go to bed tonight or at a specific time say 6 pm

2 Day 2. Read your water meter at the same time. Take the lower reading from the higher reading which will give you the amount of liters of water you have used.

3 At the end of 4 or 12 weeks take your first reading from your last and divide the result by the number of days in the period the readings cover, i.e. 28 or 84. This is your daily average usage.

4 Providing you stick to this pattern and advice the government will not get you for excess water. You will also have proof of your usage should you be trying to prove it to them or your landlord.

Hints and Tips

Where possible measure the water you use. Use the normal amount you would at this point. If you can't measure the amount estimate or better still calculate how much. Now you can figure out where you can start saving water.

The kitchen is one of the high water usage areas. When rinsing dishes cups etc. remember the water used to rinse one coffee cup can be reused to rinse up to three others, bowls for plates and vice versa.

Washing the dishes by hand can actually save quite a bit of water and money on other things. Firstly you can was up to one dishwasher loads worth in ten liters in the sink, then water you plants with the sink water using a jug if you don't have a redirection on the drain. This recycles the water and helps with the fertilising.

When washing the dishes you could also use the dish water to wipe down the cupboards and benches, stovetop, microwave, oven and grill. This also reduces the need to do big cleans that require nasty chemicals to handle the job.

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