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- Use your automatic dishwasher only for full loads.
- Use your automatic washing machine only for full loads.
- If you wash dishes by hand, don’t leave the water running for rinsing.
- Don’t let the faucet run while you clean vegetables.
- Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator.
- Check your toilet for leaks.
- Stop using the toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket.
- Take shorter showers.
- Install water saving shower heads or flow restrictors.
- Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush.
- Rinse your razor in the sink.
- Water your lawn only when needed.
- Deep-soak your lawn.
- Water during the cool parts of the day.
- Plant draught-resistant trees and plants.
- Put a layer of mulch around trees and plants.
- Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks.
- Don’t run the hose while washing the car.
- Tell your children not to play with the hose and sprinklers.
- Check for leaks in pipes, hoses, faucets, and couplings.