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Rainwater Harvesting Information
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How to save water and allow your rainwater harvester save more money With the predicted increases in water charges looming in the next few years, saving water is becoming more important. Here are some water saving tips for the HOME to reduce your water bills and water consumption and make your rainwater harvester save more money.
Install a rainwater harvester. Rainwater is free, pure, soft and plants love it. Theres nothing more satisfying than knowing you have saved a fortune on a rainy day; a fortune saved in an Oasis Rainwater Harvester, either above or below ground.
With rainwater Harvesting you can measure the amount of water that you are using in the home and have an idea of where water is being wasted.
Put a plastic bottle full of water in the toilet cistern.
Wait untill the dishwasher is full before turning it on.
Insulate around hot and cold water pipes, a lot of water gets wasted by running taps whilst waiting for hot or cold water to run through.
Turn taps off between use - even for a few seconds and especially in the kitchen. Kitchen taps can run around 12 litres of water per minute away down the drains.
Don't leave the tap running fast when you clean your teeth. Either rinse from a glass or turn the tap down to a dribble.
Repair all dripping taps and check that the toilet is not leaking water down the back of the bowl as is often the case with dual flush valve toilets. A slowly leaking valve can run 80 litres down the drains every day
Run the hot water first and keep checking the temperature as you run in the cold.
Replace power showers with aerated normal ones. A power shower uses more water than a deep bath.
It is better to give plants a really good watering once a week than a bit every day. Often, the water just remains in the top layer of soil away from the roots and simply evaporates without giving the plants any benefit at all.
Mulch your bare soil areas to slow down evaporation.
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