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Show Extension Service Home Water Saving Suggestions are good materials to use for this purpose. If the soil Is dry, water shrubs and flowers generously as soon as the frost is out of the ground. These plants then can start the season with the soil reservoir full. Water shrubs and flowers heavier, but less often later in the season. Water established lawns no oftener than once aweek or not until it shows signs of wilting. Many will survive if watered only once a month. Sprinkle at night to reduce evaporation. Do not sprinkle in windy weather. Set the lawn mower to leave at least two inches of gran Most of Utah and other areas in the Mountain West face the possibility of a limited water supply. With care, the most urgent culinary water needs can be satisfied with less water than we normally use. Anticipated An-ticipated increases in the cost of water can be minimised somewhat by good household water conservation practices. How can water be saved in and above the home? Suggestions contained in this leaflet are intended to help people make the limited supply of water go farther without undue hardship and inconvenience. in-convenience. Most of the suggestions are good management practices that should be observed at all times. SAVE WATER IN THE HOME Repair leaky taps and keep all water taps tightly closed whenever they are not in use. Gallons of water can escape from dripping taps in a short time as much as 1500 gallons a month from a single tap. -Adjust float in toilet tank to lower water level, or place a container such as a plastic quart bottle or jug filled with water upright in tank. Check that water valve closes in tank after the toilet is flushed. Add food coloring to tank, check bowl in IS minutes to see if valve is leaking. Fill th wsh bowl with only the amount of tap water that is -actually nrafcd. Use a wash doth. The tap should not bo allowed to run while washing hands, shaving or brushing teeth. Accumulate clothes for hand laundry (Hosiery once per week rather than daily, etc.) Select clothing that does not require separate or special care in laundering. Fill dish and clothes washers each time. A clothes washer uses from 30-50 gallons of water for each cycle. A dishwasher dish-washer uses as much as 25 gallons each cycle. When hand-washing dishes, wash and rinse in containers of water rather than under a running faucet Keep cold water to drink in therefrigcrator instead of letting the Up water run until it is cokL In this way, much water can be saved that otherwise would go down the drain. Don't put water on the table for meals,. Insulate siposed hot water pipes, especially if the tank is some distance from the hot water tap. This will minim' the amount of cold water taat runs from the taps before the water becomes warm. Use garbage can instead of garbage disposal. Collect small amounts of water and keep is a kettle or in the refrigerator to save tap water that is usually wasted before the water starts to run hot or cokL Pour a small amount of water in the sink to remove ice cuoss from the tray and for scrubbing vegetables. Water collected as indicated above, can be used for rinsing. Reduce the time spent in a shower. Five minutes less time will save 30 to 60 gallons of water. Wet down, turn water off, soap up, and quickly rinse. Low volume shower heads will help. -Fill the tub one-fourth full of water when a bath is taken. No one can afford the luxury of soaking in a full tub when water is in short supply. If possible, save your sudsy laundry water for scrubbing floors and other housekeeping purposes as well as cleaning the porch, car and garage. SAVE WATER AROUND THE HOME Cover bare soil around yard plants with a mulch to reduce evaporation. Lawn, clippings, leaves, pest moss and plastic |