11th January 2024
Use less water
Using less resources or using them more efficiently is surely good for the environment. One resource which we could use with greater care and efficiency is water.
Whilst wetter winters may give us a superfluity of water, hotter and dryer summers are also going to be an ongoing feature of the change in our climate. With the increasing use of water meters, using less water should produce a financial saving (at the moment I am not sure how often the meters are read and whether instead bills are based on estimates).
Another good reason for using less water, is to reduce use the need for water companies to invest in building more reservoirs or in schemes to extract more water from rivers, replacing the water with treated sewage. Both are schemes that have been put forward by Thames Water and are being opposed by local and environmental groups.
According to Water Safe, whilst the average UK citizen uses 140 litres of water a day, the expectation is that we should be able to reduce this to 100 litres – or less – per day. (In Denmark water consumption is about 105 litres per day). This could be through taking shorter showers, flushing toilets less, using more efficient appliances, reusing water – grey water from sinks or from water butts to water plants or flush the loo – or even simply turning off taps when not in use. Their web site has more suggestions
Or see – https://friendsoftheearth.uk/sustainable-living/13-best-ways-save-water
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