This morning I saw water running down the street. I walked a couple blocks to try and find its source and then called the local water company to report a leakage. The water seemed to be coming from inside a warehouse that was locked up so maybe a broken pipe. A leak like this can mean the loss of thousands of gallons of much needed water and massive bills for the owner of the pipe.
When I walk down the street I also pick up any bottles and cans, plastic, aluminum, and glass, that are laying around. I wonder about people who litter. Don't they care? Are they ignorant or do they really intend to leave a mess?
I've noticed that if I don't pick up a glass bottle it will be broken the next time I walk past it, meaning it has become a real hazard, especially for the dogs!
WATER CONSERVATION is important and thinking about it I think about all the creatures that live in a water environment.
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11/5/14
MORE WAYS TO SAVE WATER! by SIREN! SIREN'S LINK TO SEA!
1) When you make tea and don't drink it all, use it to water plants.
2) Since coffee grounds are good fertilizer for acid loving plants, which includes geraniums, go ahead and pour undrunk coffee cold (without sugar or creamer or milk) to water plants.
3) Clean but for your hair? Consider brushing it, allowing the natural oils to accumulate an extra day, and wear a scarf over your hair, or braid it. For some this is a deliberate "bad hair day," but your hair and scalp sometimes need a day off from shampoos, conditioners, and all the rest.
4) Do less laundry or less often. If an item of clothing isn't smelly or truly dirty, consider airing it out and wearing it a second time before you put it into the laundry.
5) When hand washing dishes, be sure you aren't wasting water as you rinse. Soap dishes and set aside soaped up, then rinse a load all together. You do want all the soap off the dishes since you don't want to ingest it, but this method should use less water than rinsing items one at a time or letting the water run.
2) Since coffee grounds are good fertilizer for acid loving plants, which includes geraniums, go ahead and pour undrunk coffee cold (without sugar or creamer or milk) to water plants.
3) Clean but for your hair? Consider brushing it, allowing the natural oils to accumulate an extra day, and wear a scarf over your hair, or braid it. For some this is a deliberate "bad hair day," but your hair and scalp sometimes need a day off from shampoos, conditioners, and all the rest.
4) Do less laundry or less often. If an item of clothing isn't smelly or truly dirty, consider airing it out and wearing it a second time before you put it into the laundry.
5) When hand washing dishes, be sure you aren't wasting water as you rinse. Soap dishes and set aside soaped up, then rinse a load all together. You do want all the soap off the dishes since you don't want to ingest it, but this method should use less water than rinsing items one at a time or letting the water run.
9/24/14
GREY WATER ! WHAT IS IT?
GREYWATER.COM some points:
Greywater contains far less nitrogen than blackwater
Nine-tenths of the nitrogen contained in combined wastewater derives from toilet wastes (i.e., from the blackwater). Nitrogen is one of the most serious and difficult-to-remove pollutants affecting our potential drinking water supply.
Greywater contains far fewer pathogens than blackwaterMedical and public health professionals view feces as the most significant source of human pathogens. Keeping toilet wastes out of the wastewater stream dramatically reduces the danger of spreading such organisms via water.
Greywater decomposes much faster than blackwaterThe implication of the more rapid decomposition of greywater pollutants is the quicker stabilization and therefore enhanced prevention of water pollution.
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Can you use bath water or dish sink water to water your plants? Yes, with provisions!
Greywater contains far less nitrogen than blackwater
Nine-tenths of the nitrogen contained in combined wastewater derives from toilet wastes (i.e., from the blackwater). Nitrogen is one of the most serious and difficult-to-remove pollutants affecting our potential drinking water supply.
Greywater contains far fewer pathogens than blackwaterMedical and public health professionals view feces as the most significant source of human pathogens. Keeping toilet wastes out of the wastewater stream dramatically reduces the danger of spreading such organisms via water.
Greywater decomposes much faster than blackwaterThe implication of the more rapid decomposition of greywater pollutants is the quicker stabilization and therefore enhanced prevention of water pollution.
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Can you use bath water or dish sink water to water your plants? Yes, with provisions!
8/5/14
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE WATER!
A you probably know already, there is drought and as a result in many places there is water rationing.
You can help save water by not wasting it. Here is a list of things you can do that will help us save water so that there's enough for everyone for drinking and bathing, and so our farmers can water their crops. You can probably think of other ways.
1) When you take a shower, after you're all wet and your hair is all wet, shut the water off while you soap up. Turn it back on to rinse. YOU WILL SAVE GALLONS.
2) Don't use the water to heat a bathroom when it's too chilly to shower or bath. Use a small portable heater to raise the air temperature first, shut it off, and then start with hotter water, and as the air temperature in the room rises, lower the water temperature.
3) Your dog and cat need to drink fresh water so you change the water in the bowl a couple times a day. Don't throw that water down the sink. Take it and water the vegetation that is on the "parkway" between the side walk and the street. INSECTS NEED WATER and when they can't find it where they live they will come inside looking for it. Then we kill them.
4) Consider changing part of your lawn from grass to a succulent or arid garden. Put down stone for walkways around plantings.
5) Be sure that your lawn and garden sprinklers are working and adjusted to not waste water that goes down the street to the sewer.
6) Toilets with low water flush are a puzzle. Some of them have to be flushed twice to do the job. However, you may have a toilet that would work just fine with less water. Try filling a gallon water bottle, put the lid on it, set it down in the tank, and see what happens. Displacing one gallon of water each time you flush will also save gallons.
7) Hand wash and hang to dry some of your clothing rather than put it through the machine. Hand washing is not only more gentle to fabrics but it also sometimes does a better job than the machine. Over time you will save money and water.
You can help save water by not wasting it. Here is a list of things you can do that will help us save water so that there's enough for everyone for drinking and bathing, and so our farmers can water their crops. You can probably think of other ways.
1) When you take a shower, after you're all wet and your hair is all wet, shut the water off while you soap up. Turn it back on to rinse. YOU WILL SAVE GALLONS.
2) Don't use the water to heat a bathroom when it's too chilly to shower or bath. Use a small portable heater to raise the air temperature first, shut it off, and then start with hotter water, and as the air temperature in the room rises, lower the water temperature.
3) Your dog and cat need to drink fresh water so you change the water in the bowl a couple times a day. Don't throw that water down the sink. Take it and water the vegetation that is on the "parkway" between the side walk and the street. INSECTS NEED WATER and when they can't find it where they live they will come inside looking for it. Then we kill them.
4) Consider changing part of your lawn from grass to a succulent or arid garden. Put down stone for walkways around plantings.
5) Be sure that your lawn and garden sprinklers are working and adjusted to not waste water that goes down the street to the sewer.
6) Toilets with low water flush are a puzzle. Some of them have to be flushed twice to do the job. However, you may have a toilet that would work just fine with less water. Try filling a gallon water bottle, put the lid on it, set it down in the tank, and see what happens. Displacing one gallon of water each time you flush will also save gallons.
7) Hand wash and hang to dry some of your clothing rather than put it through the machine. Hand washing is not only more gentle to fabrics but it also sometimes does a better job than the machine. Over time you will save money and water.
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