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How To Save Water: Install A Well in Ghana

This document provides tips for saving water at home. It begins by noting that water is a limited natural resource that needs to be conserved. Some key ways to save water mentioned include: 1. Installing a water meter and checking it for leaks 2. Checking plumbing for leaks, especially in toilets and faucets 3. Taking shorter showers and capturing cold water while waiting for hot water Additional tips include installing low-flow shower heads and faucets, turning off taps while brushing teeth or doing dishes, and turning off the shower while soaping up to save water.

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How To Save Water: Install A Well in Ghana

This document provides tips for saving water at home. It begins by noting that water is a limited natural resource that needs to be conserved. Some key ways to save water mentioned include: 1. Installing a water meter and checking it for leaks 2. Checking plumbing for leaks, especially in toilets and faucets 3. Taking shorter showers and capturing cold water while waiting for hot water Additional tips include installing low-flow shower heads and faucets, turning off taps while brushing teeth or doing dishes, and turning off the shower while soaping up to save water.

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How to Save Water

Water (H2O) is a finite natural resource that must be conserved; it is limited and scarce in many places. Even if you live in
an area with ample rainfall, using water uses energy to process it, pump it, heat it, pump it, and process it again. Here are
some ways to save water.

Install a water meter. You might be very surprised to find out how much water you are actually using. By installing a
water meter you can raise your awareness and consequently reduce your water intake.

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o If you already have a water meter, learn how to read it. Among other things, it can be very helpful in
detecting leaks. Read the meter once, wait an hour or two without running any water, and read it again. If it has
moved, something is leaking.
o Many water meters have a small wheel or gear that turns fairly rapidly if any water at all is flowing. In the
photo, it's the little blue wheel. If you are sure all your water is turned off and you see this wheel moving at all,
you have a leak.
o If your water meter is underground, you may need to remove debris from the face to read it. Squirt it with
a bit of water from a spray bottle.

heck your plumbing for leaks, especially leaking toilets and faucets. Fix anything you find leaking. A silent toilet leak
could waste from 30 to 500 gallons every day![1]

Take shorter showers. Take showers rather than baths. By taking a bath you are using up to 100 liters of water!
Showering will generally use less than a third of this amount. See the water use table below. Shave outside the shower,
or turn off the shower while you shave.

o Take a timer, clock, or stopwatch into the bathroom with you and challenge yourself to cut down your
showering time.
o Install a valve that fits just behind the showerhead. These valves are inexpensive and simply screw into
place. Turn the water on for long enough to get wet. Then, use the valve to turn the water off while preserving the
temperature of the water while you soap up. Turn the water on again to rinse.

2. Catch the cold water that comes out of the faucet, tap, or shower while you are waiting for
the hot water. Use it to water plants or pour into your toilet reservoir after flushing.

o Water from a hot water tank may have more sediment or rust than water from the cold water tank, but is
otherwise suitable for drinking. If you use a water filter, you can filter the saved water, and put it in bottles in the
refrigerator for drinking water.
Install low-flow shower heads and faucets or faucet aerators. Low-flow devices are inexpensive ($10-$20 for a
shower head and less than $5 for a faucet aerator). Most simply screw into place (you may need an adjustable wrench),
and good, current units maintain the pressure and feel of the flow while using as little as half as much water as

conventional units.

Turn the faucet/tap off while you are brushing your teeth, shaving, washing your hands, doing dishes, and so on.
Turn the tap off when you shower, too. Get wet, then turn off the water while you soap up. Turn it back on for long enough
to rinse. Look for a twist valve that installs behind your shower head to keep the water temperature where you set it while
the water is off.

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