Water bills are one way that you can seriously save some money and the methods you
have to take are easy and will not cost you a lot of money so they are all worth doing to save some money.
It has been well documented how the cost of living is increasing and it will continue to rise as the VAT percentage returns to 17.5% in the New Year. This means that we should all be taking extra precautions to ensure that we are doing all we can to save money and be more efficient in our homes. The amount of water we use at home can be a major problem with many people being unaware of how much we are wasting during an average day.
For example, did you know that around a third of the UKs water bill each year comes from flushing the toilet? Fortunately there are a few things that you can do to use less water. Water displacement devices can be used to reduce the amount of water used when flushing and statistics show that you can save around 2 litres per flush.
Another way to reduce the amount of water we use is to simply turn off the taps when we are shaving or cleaning our teeth. Consider when you brush your teeth, you can lose up to 20 litres of water by leaving the tap running and this means that over the year you are wasting 7,300 litres of clean water! This is an amazing amount of water lost and a lot more money spent each year.
The age old perception of baths versus showers was that showers were more eco-friendly but this was before the introduction of power showers with large shower heads. Having a shower for more than 5 minutes may mean that you are using more water than you would if you had a bath instead. However, if you only have a shower then install an aerated shower head as this can cut water consumption by nearly a third.
Even in the garden, even during the summer (if we get one!) you can guarantee a bit of rainfall. Collecting the rainfall can then be used to water the plants and shrubs so you do not have to use the hose pipe which wastes a considerable amount of water.