In England and Wales, it's possible to get totally free water - saving gadgets from your water company year - round, including # 20 shower heads (which help regulate water usage), tap inserts (to regulate the flow of water from your tap, worth # 5) and Save - A-Flush bags (bags you place into your toilet cistern so
each flush uses less water, worth # 2).
Not exact matches
Toilets
using 20 %
less water than today's norm — 6.06 liters per
flush — are already on the market.
Low -
flush toilets that
use less water.
Very few participants cited replacing toilets or
flushing less, even though toilets
use the most volume of
water daily.
The separating toilets that collect urine
use less water than
flush toilets, she wrote, and the simplified waste stream requires
less energy in sewage treatment.
Moreover, some argue that washing diapers twice per week
uses less water than an adult
uses in a day of
flushing the toilet.
They put buckets on the floor of the shower to catch the
water to
use for other purposes, like washing hair,
flushing toilets, and shaving legs, although they say this happens much
less, too.
Replacement of windows to energy efficient double pane, low E argon windows; Roof replacements
using attic insulation to a minimum of R40Furnace and / or heating equipment; Toilet replacement with low -
flush or dual -
flush toilet (6 litres per
flush or
less); Replacement of
water heater with an ENERGY STAR qualified instantaneous
water heater; Modifications of kitchen and bathrooms; Other items will be reviewed and considered that improve the quality of the dwelling for the tenants.
I also compost,
use energy efficient light bulbs, re-
use the
water from my de-humidifier to
water plants, and we replaced the flapper in the toilet with one that
uses less water to
flush.