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Information for all things groundwater in the EUWCD, Texas, and beyond.
Water conservation technologies and strategies are often the most overlooked aspects of a whole-building design strategy. However, the planning for various water uses within a building is increasingly becoming a high priority.
Conservation provides many benefits. Beyond being mindful of one of our more precious resources, it helps reduce our energy usage because less pumping is required, and it puts less of a demand on our sewer and wastewater infrastructure, meaning less maintenance is required, which helps to keep rates low.
Greywater (also spelled graywater, grey water and gray water) or sullage is all wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e. all streams except for the wastewater from toilets. Sources of greywater include, sinks, showers, baths, clothes washing machines or dish washers. As greywater contains fewer pathogens than domestic …
These tips offer methods to reduce water consumption.
Water conservation starts in your home.You can reduce toilet flushing use by inserting bricks or water filled plastic bottles in your tank. Low flush toilets only use 1.6 gallons per flush which can reduce the typical 48 gallons to a mere 12 gallons.
Our single focus is to ensure that our customers have plenty of affordable, reliable, safe drinking water every time the tap is turned on. Metro Water District’s Mission: To deliver safe, reliable water to our customers.
We promote soil and water conservation in Fairfax County and beyond. We are innovators. We promote hands-on conservation. We provide technical expertise. We develop environmental leaders. We help you bring conservation home. We prevent pollution, reduce runoff and protect our streams and