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    Conserving water at home can save money and help the environment. Some high impact ways to conserve water include installing a high efficiency toilet, which can save over 26% of indoor water use and 374,000 gallons per day for a city. Replacing old showerheads and faucet aerators with low flow versions can reduce water usage by 15-22%. Doing small things like taking shorter showers or only running full loads of laundry can also make a difference. Making water conservation a habit benefits both wallets and natural resources.

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    Conserving water at home can save money and help the environment. Some high impact ways to conserve water include installing a high efficiency toilet, which can save over 26% of indoor water use and 374,000 gallons per day for a city. Replacing old showerheads and faucet aerators with low flow versions can reduce water usage by 15-22%. Doing small things like taking shorter showers or only running full loads of laundry can also make a difference. Making water conservation a habit benefits both wallets and natural resources.

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    From ES 281 Interim 2010: The Global Water Crisis.

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    Conserving water at home can save money and help the environment. Some high impact ways to conserve water include installing a high efficiency toilet, which can save over 26% of indoor water use and 374,000 gallons per day for a city. Replacing old showerheads and faucet aerators with low flow versions can reduce water usage by 15-22%. Doing small things like taking shorter showers or only running full loads of laundry can also make a difference. Making water conservation a habit benefits both wallets and natural resources.

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    Home Water Conservation

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    Conserving water at home can save money and help the environment. Some high impact ways to conserve water include installing a high efficiency toilet, which can save over 26% of indoor water use and 374,000 gallons per day for a city. Replacing old showerheads and faucet aerators with low flow versions can reduce water usage by 15-22%. Doing small things like taking shorter showers or only running full loads of laundry can also make a difference. Making water conservation a habit benefits both wallets and natural resources.

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    WHY CONSERVE COST + BUYING ADVICE

    IN MINNESOTA? APPROXIMATE COST


    Aerator:
    While Minnesota is relatively water-
    1.0 gpm, $3 ChooseRenewables
    rich, there are still water consider-
    ations. Much of our water is “fossil wa-
    Showerhead:
    ter,” meaning it is taken from aquifers
    Waterpik Ecoflow 1.5 gpm, $35 Menards
    that are drained much faster than they
    1.6 gpm, $30 ChooseRenewables
    are naturally able to recharge. And
    using excessive water at home means
    Toilet:
    more needs to be treated by sewage
    Somerville dual-flush, $200 Menards
    treatment plants and more is dumped
    Belmont 1.28 gpf, $140 Menards
    into the river, instead of staying in the
    groundwater.
    Front-loading washer:
    Vary significantly; starting at $500
    Of course, reducing your home water
    Menards
    use means saving money on your
    municipal water bill. And by reducing
    hot water flow, you’ll also save money RETAIL STORES
    on water heating. Menards (Dundas)
    Showerheads, Toilets, Washers
    100 South Schilling Drive
    CONSERVING
    Arrow ACE Hardware
    Showerheads
    WATER
    670 South Water Street AT HOME
    ONLINE RETAILERS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 281: INTERIM 2010
    Choose Renewables S T O L A F C O L L E G E

    Aerators, Showerheads
    http://chooserenewables.com

    ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
    EarthEasy: 25 Water Tips
    http://eartheasy.com/live_water_saving.htm
    PRODUCT CHANGE LIFESTYLE CHANGE
    BATHROOM FAUCET
    15.7%
    Replace your faucet aerator with a Also remember to turn the faucet off
    high-efficiency (1.0 gpm or less) for when washing your face or brushing

    ChooseRenewables
    less than $5. This is double the ef- your teeth.
    ficiency of a standard aerator or as
    much as a 6x increase in efficiency
    over an unaerated faucet.

    TOILET
    If your current toilet is older than You can also improve the efficiency of
    1994, it is using 3.5-8 gallons for an older toilet by filling water bottles
    26.8%

    every flush. Any new toilet will use with gravel and sinking them in your
    no more than 1.6 gallons, and high- tank.
    efficiency toilets can use even less. If
    every person in Northfield were using And remember the classic rule: if it’s
    a 1.6 instead of 6-gallon toilet, we yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown,

    ChooseRenewables Toto USA


    would save 374,000 gallons per day. flush it down.

    SHOWER You can also conserve by taking short-


    21.7% 16.7%

    A 1.5 gallon-per-minute showerhead er showers or trying an army shower


    generally costs less than $30 and can — wet down, turn off the water while
    nearly halve your water consumption. you soap up, and rinse.

    LAUNDRY
    A high-efficiency, front-loading Regardless, remember to get the most
    washing machine uses 10-20 gallons out of each cycle — only wash full
    per cycle. Compare that to an older loads.

    Public domain
    top-loading machine uses up to 40
    gallons per cycle.
    % OF INDOOR USE:

    LAWN
    The best way to conserve is to avoid If you do choose to water, never water
    watering altogether — plant a xeri- in the middle of day, and make sure
    scape or allow your lawn to yellow that your sprinklers are positioned in

    Robert Lawton
    in the summer. See the Rain Garden such a way that no water is lost to the
    and Rainwater Collection groups for gutter.
    more information.
    Indoor water use statistics from the University of Georgia. Northfield toilet water-use estimate is based on 5 flushes per day by 17,00 residents.

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