Please Don’t Waste Water : Its Every Drop is Precious

In the Outside Water Use Program, water wasting is never permitted. Here are some activities that are considered wasteful and their alternatives:

• Never have a pond or fountain which does not recirculate water... install a circulating pump.
• Never wash your vehicle with a flowing hose... use a hose equipped with a shut-off nozzle.
• Never wash a driveway clean with water... use a broom and sweep

Most of the people have the habit of leaving the tap running freely when they brush their teeth, do the dishes or even when they have to come out of the bathroom halfway through a shower to answer the phone.

Such imprudence not only causes unnecessary water wastage but can also be costly with faucet and water meter working over time.

The widely-held notion is that water is an inexhaustible resource. Four-fifth of the planet is, after all, covered by water. Add this to the natural cycle of rainfall, snowfall, rising sea level and even increased frequency of floods, permanent water supply seems assured.