Water Conservation
How to Conserve Water Conserving water is an easy way to help me and the environment. It helps me because it gives me some money and it helps save the world. Saving water is very important because even though water does not run out we are limited of what people can use. So keep reading to learn how to conserve water at home. I enjoy taking long 20 minute showers. Well did you know that if the world takes 20 minute showers that we are wasting over 150,000,000 gallons of water every day! However if I shorten my showers by at least 5 minutes I would reduce the number of gallons I use by more than half. If I can’t take shorter showers then I can always turn the water off when I’m soaping and why would I have it on. Do I really need it on anyway? I love playing with the water hose on a hot day. Well I should reconsider because playing in the hose for even fifteen minutes wastes a lot of water. I know it is really fun and everything but when I play with the hose then I am washing fertilizers right down to the ocean and killing the animals in the ocean. Now does it sound like fun? That is how it can affect the ocean but do I know how it will affect my parents’ wallet? It is not pretty when I want something new they’re not going to buy me what I want because they have to save for the water bill. So if I don’t want that to happen I don’t play with the hose. When I see the grass is dry I need to water it. Well to me it’s probably whenever I am told to do it right? That my friend is the wrong answer. If I am doing it during the day all the water will just evaporate. However, when I water the lawn at dawn or when the sun is going down the water will absorb into the plants instead of evaporating. It’s also a good way of getting out of a chore until sun down. When I flush the toilet I use 6 to 7 gallons when I flush it. The toilet has to fill up again. It goes into the lakes and kills