Kitchen & Laundry
- Check faucets and pipes for leaks
- Don’t let the faucet run while you clean vegetables
- If you wash dishes by hand, don’t leave the water running for rinsing
- Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator
- Use your automatic dishwasher only for full loads
- Use your automatic washing machine only for full loads
Bathroom
- Check faucets and pipes for leaks
- Check your toilets for leaks
- Install water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors
- Put plastic bottles in your toilet tank
- Rinse your razor in the sink
- Don’t use the toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket
- Take baths
- Take shorter showers
- Turn off the water after you wet your toothbrush
Outside
- Check for leaks in pipes, hoses, faucets, and couplings
- Deep-soak your lawn
- Don’t run the hose while washing your car
- Don’t water the gutter
- Plant drought-resistant trees and plants
- Put a layer of mulch around trees and plants
- Tell your children not to play with the hose and sprinkler
- Use a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks
- Water during the cool parts of the day
- Water your lawn only when it needs it