7. How can water be conserved? Give any three methods.
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Answer:
Prefer to use the shower, not always a bath.
When brushing your teeth, close the tap!
Use a watering can to water the plants.
Use a bucket to clean the floors.
When soaping in the shower, close the shower tap
Answer:
Put a plastic bottle in your toilet tank
Put an inch or two of sand or pebbles in the bottom of a one liter bottle to weigh it down. Fill the rest of the bottle with water and put it in your toilet tank, safely away from the operating mechanism. In an average home, the bottle may save five gallons or more of water every day without harming the efficiency of the toilet. If your tank is big enough, you may even be able to put in two bottles.
Take shorter showers
A typical shower uses five to ten gallons of water a minute. Limit your showers to the time it takes to soap up, wash down and rise off.
Install water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors
Your hardware or plumbing supply store stocks inexpensive shower heads or flow restrictors that will cut your shower flow to about three gallons a minute instead of five to ten. They are easy to install, and your showers will still be cleansing and refreshing.
Take baths
A partially filled tub uses less water than all but the shortest showers.
Turn off the water while brushing your teeth
Before brushing, wet your brush and fill a glass for rinsing your mouth.
Turn off the water while shaving
Fill the bottom of the sink with a few inches of warm water in which to rinse your razor.