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Top tips for Saving Water
Spend less time in the shower
If you shower once a day in a shower with a flow rate of 8 litres/minute and reduce your shower time by five minutes you will save 40 litres of water per day. Over 1 year you will save:
- 14,600 litres of water, 569 kWh of gas or 452 kWh of electricity
- £25 (Thames Water area), £23 (gas) or £50 (electric)
- 140 kg CO2 from heating the water by a gas boiler or 301 kgCO2 from heating the water by an electric immersion (both include 22 kg CO2 from cold water)
Have shallower baths
If you have a bath once a day and have a medium bath instead of a deep bath you will save 50 litres of water a day. Over 1 year you will save:
- 18,250 litres of water, 803 kWh of gas or 620 kWh of electricity
- £31 (Thames Water area), £32 (gas) or £68 (electric)
- 199 kg CO2 from heating the water by a gas boiler or 371 kg CO2 from heating the water by an electric immersion (both include 22 kg CO2 from cold water)
Always fully load the dishwasher
If your dishwasher uses 14 litres of water per wash, and you halve its use (from once a day to once every other day) over the course of a year you will save:
- 2,555 litres of water and 72kWh of electricity
Don’t leave the tap running while you wash up.