Respuestas
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Tips for taking care of the water
Take a shower instead of a bath. 5-minute showers consume 50 liters, while a minimum of 200 liters is required to fill a bathtub.
Also turn off the tap while brushing your teeth. By using a rinsing glass, you can save up to 90% of the water used in personal hygiene. Replacing this type of unconscious acts is a simple way to take care of the water that, in addition, does not require any effort.
Similar to the previous case, remember to turn off the tap when you are shaving.
Run the washing machine with a full load and run the dishwasher only when it is full. Many times, due to the rush or to need a specific garment, people can end up putting a washing machine with little clothes. Try to find a substitute for that garment and only run fully loaded washing machines.
Use water control systems in the toilet. If you put a bottle full of sand in the cistern, you will save a liter and a half of water each time you flush. It is a small investment that will allow you to make sure that you are contributing to take care of the water.
Never use the toilet as a trash can. Many of the wastes that usually end up in the toilet are polluting and dangerous. For example, wet wipes fail to degrade before reaching the scrubbers. This seriously compromises the operation of the machines that, in the end, we have to pay for with our own pockets. Others such as drugs are highly polluting, they can integrate into our ecosystems and reach high concentrations.
Use pressure reducers for the shower.
I hope it helps you
1. Be aware.
Whenever you turn on a tap or use the water for anything, bathe in a pool, in a clean river or lake, in the sea ... try to think that you are one of the lucky ones in the world who have access to water and that you must make sustainable use of it and only use what is necessary.
2. Take a shower instead of a bath.
The bathroom uses 15 times more water than the shower.
3. Turn off the tap while ...
You brush your teeth, you shave or you soap your hands… and if you wash dishes by hand, use basins and don't do it with the tap running. For example, if we brush our teeth with the tap open we spend around 6 liters, while opening it only when we need it we will spend less than half a liter.
4. The toilet is NOT a trash can.
Every time we use the toilet cistern, we spend between 9 and 10 liters of water ... sometimes, to drag only a cigarette butt or a piece of paper. Put a trash can in the bathroom and use it.
5. No leaks.
Fix water leaks. Leaky taps can consume 11,000 liters per year in a year, leaks in the toilet cistern can suppose more than 100 liters of water a day.
6. Don't rinse dishes before putting them in the dishwasher.
If you have this habit, do not do it anymore, currently all appliances can clean the dishes well without the need for this manual prewash.
7. Full load.
Let's use the washing machine and the dishwasher always full and if you can stop using the dryer, the better, you will save water and electricity. The consumption of water in laundry is usually 20% of our total consumption at home. By the way, whenever you can, don't use the pre-wash program.
8. Water that you do not have to drink, do not let it run.
Fill a bottle of water and put it in the fridge, you will always have fresh water. Don't let her run to get fresh water.
9. Use flow reducers or aerators on faucets.
The reducers are devices that can be incorporated into the taps or the shower and prevent the flow from exceeding the set limit. 8 liters per minute are advisable for taps and 10 liters / minute for showers. Aerators are devices that allow air to be introduced into the water jet, achieving savings of 40 or 50%.
10. If you are going to change the appliances ...
Try to buy the ones that are more energy efficient. They are initially more expensive, but they consume less energy and less water, with which the costs are equal in the long run. The efficiency of household appliances is regulated by the European Union in a rating from A to G, with A being the most efficient and G the one that indicates those with the worst energy performance.
11. If you have a garden or outdoor plants to water ...
Do it at night. When watering during the day you can lose up to 30% due to evaporation.