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By making some simple changes to how you and your family use water around your home, you can easily cut consumption by as much as 40 percent. That helps our environment and reduces the need for expensive water system infrastructure investments.

Close to 70 percent of all water used in a house flows down the drain from faucets and the bathroom toilet! Try these conservation tips:

• Turn off the water when shampooing your hair, shaving, washing your hands or brushing your teeth. Leaving the water running consumes up to 80-litres of water, while brushing your teeth with a free flowing faucet sees eight litres go down the drain!
• Repair leaky toilets and faucets. Even a minor leak can waste 66-litres a day!
• Install water-saving showerheads and aerators on bathroom taps and faucets.
  

Tips for saving water outside during summer months:

• Conservation comes with better dirt – improve your soil in the Spring & lower your water consumption by 25% or more.
  Aerate your soil every spring. Over time, it gets compacted, especially if you apply chemical fertilizers. Aeration improves water penetration and helps oxygen and organic materials to reach the roots. Allow cores to dry out and break down, don’t rake them up.
• Top dress your lawn with compost or other organic material so that your lawn holds water and nutrients longer, therefore not having to water as often.
• Check your irrigation system – check for common problems with your sprinkler heads, the pressure, the coverage, the zones and the timer.
  

Watch the WFN website for water restrictions in the summer months. Alternatively, Castanet and the WFN Facebook site will also have this information posted.