Conserving Water
Turn the water off after wetting your toothbrush. By leaving the water running while brushing your teeth you waste three gallons of water. Wet your toothbrush and fill a glass with water to rinse.
While shaving rinse your razor in the sink. Instead of running water to rinse your razor, fill your sink with just a few inches of warm water.
Faucets and pipes should be checked for leaks. If you have a leaking faucet or pipe you could be wasting as many as 20 gallons of water per day. Larger leaks can waste hundreds of gallons per day.
Check you toilets for leaks. To check a toilet for leaks, simply place a few drops of food coloring in the toilet tank. If the color begins to show in the bowl, without flushing, you have a leak and should attempt to repair it immediately.
Stop using your toilet as a wastebasket. Each time you flush your toilet you use five to seven gallons of water. When you flush a cigarette butt, facial tissue, or other piece of small trash you waste water.
Place a plastic bottle in your toilet. To cut down on water waste, place a few small pebbles or sand in two small plastic bottle to weigh them down. Finish filling the two bottles with water and place them in the toilet tank away from any operating mechanisms. This could save ten gallons of water per day.
Take shorter showers. Every unnecessary minute spent in the shower can waste as many as ten gallons of water. Limit your time in the shower to the time it takes to lather up, wash down, and rinse off.
Install a water-saving showerhead or flow restrictor. Hardware stores and plumbing supply stores carry water-saving showerheads and flow restrictors. These items are easily installed once purchased.
Take baths. Taking a bath in a partially filled tub will use less water than all but the shortest showers.

Water Conservation

There are several things you can do around your home that will significantly reduce water waste and save you money.

In the bathroom:

• Nearly 75% of the water used in your home is used in the bathroom.
• An ultra-low toilet can cut your family’s total indoor water use by as much as 20%.
• Don’t let the water run when you’re brushing your teeth or washing your face. "
• When showering, just get wet and turn the water off while soaping up, then turn back on to rinse off. You can also have low-flow showerheads installed that will deliver as little as 1.25 gallons per minute, as compared to the standard 3.2 gallons. In the kitchen:
• Make sure your dishwasher is full because it uses the same amount of water whether it contains a full load or just a few pieces.
• Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator for drinking rather than running water each time. In the laundry:
• Most washers offer different water levels for small, medium, and large loads. Select the appropriate water level for your load of laundry and wait until you have a full load of clothes before running the washing machine whenever possible. Outside:
• If you have a pool, cover it. Thousands of gallons of water can be lost through evaporation. Covering the pool will reduce this by 90%.
• Clean your driveway with a broom or blower. Hosing it down for five minutes wastes 25 gallons of water.
• Water your grass between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. to prevent evaporation and allow more water to penetrate the soil.