Water is a requirement for life of every living thing on the Earth.
A whopping 70 percent of the Earth is covered with water but 97 percent of it is salt water.
Only three percent is fresh water and a lot of that is frozen in the form of glaciers.
We are left with approximately one percent of fresh water for sustaining life.
Human water consumption is using up the fresh water supply before the Earth's hydrological cycle can naturally clean, recycle and restore it.
Follow these easy water saving tips to help reduce this planet's water shortages: • Leaking faucets and toilets can waste tens of thousands of gallons of water in just a month.
Make sure none of the faucets or toilets in your home have any leaks.
Check them often to insure there is no dripping or leakage of water anywhere.
• Each flush of an older toilet uses about three and a half to six and a half gallons of water.
Never use the toilet as a trash receptacle and only flush when necessary.
Install a newer low-flow toilet that uses less than two gallons per flush to conserve water.
• Take shorter showers.
A five minute shower using a showerhead that flows at five gallons per minute uses 25 gallons but ten minute showers will double that amount.
Install a water-saving showerhead with a flow rate of two and a half gallons per minute and cut your water consumption by half per shower.
• Filling an average bathtub takes around 30 to 40 gallons of water.
Try filling the tub only halfway instead.
• Scrape the food off your dishes so they need less rinsing and only run the dishwasher when it is full.
If you must wash your dishes by hand, fill one basin with soapy water to wash in and turn on the water at a very low flow when you need to rinse.
Never leave the sink running the whole time you wash dishes.
• Turn off the sink while you are brushing your teeth or shaving.
Only turn on the water when you need to rinse.
You will save several gallons of water per minute this way.
• When you are washing your hands, turn off the faucet while you are lathering up the soap.
Turn the sink back on when you are ready and rinse them as quickly as possible.
• Only run your washing machine when you have a full load of dirty clothes to wash.
• Water your lawn only when absolutely necessary.
Watering your grass and trees less often with more water at once will cut down on water usage.
• Never use the hose to spray down your sidewalks and driveways.
Clean off debris by sweeping it away with a broom.