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Your bathroom

  • Check for leaking taps. One leaking tap can waste up to 2,000 litres a month.
  • Install a water efficient showerhead or fit a flow-restricting valve. Showers can now use as little as 9 litres per minute instead of the old shower heads that used 22 litres per minute.
  • Turn taps off tightly and replace washers when they begin to leak.
  • Take shorter showers by using a timer.
  • Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth and use a plug in the basin when shaving.
  • Turn your single-flush toilet into a dual-flush toilet or install a displacement device in the cistern (tank) of single-flush toilets.
  • Check your toilet for leaks by adding drops of food colouring to the cistern. Don’t flush for one hour and if the colouring shows up in the bowl it’s leaking.
  • Before you go to bed, check your water metre reading then make sure no one uses any water overnight. If the reading is higher in the morning, you have a leak.
  • Install water efficient taps or tap aerators to cut water usage.