Your Villa Magazine - Desert Cities -July-September - 2022

D E S I G N + B U I L D Eight ways to save water inside your home 1. Check your toilet for leaks. Put a few drops of food coloring in your toilet. If, without flushing, the coloring begins to appear in the bowl, you have a leak that may be wasting more than 100 gallons of water a day. 2. Take shorter showers. A typical shower uses five to ten gallons of water a minute. Limit your showers to the time it takes to get wet, soap up, wash down, and rinse. 3. Install water-saving showerheads or flow restrictors. They can cut your shower flow to about three gallons a minute instead of five to ten. 4. Turn o the water while shaving. Fill the bottom of the sink with a few inches of warm water where you can rinse your razor. 5. Check bathroom, kitchen faucets for drips. Even a small drip can waste 50 or more gallons of water a day. 6. Replace old appliances and toilets with water-ecient models. CVWD offers indoor appliance and toilet rebates, visit cvwd.org/rebates for details. 7. Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator. That puts a stop to a wasteful practice of running tap water to cool it for drinking. 8. Don’t let the faucet run while you clean fruits and vegetables. Rinse your produce in a bowl or sink full of clean water. For more conservation tips: cvwd.org/conservation. CVWD Indoor Water E ciency Rebates & Discounts Facebook “ f ” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “ f ” Logo CMYK / .eps Visit www.cvwd.org/rebates for program details and requirements. Or call us at (760) 398-2651. Some programs require pre-approval. High-E ciency Washing Machines Hot Water Recirculating Pumps High-E ciency Toilet Program 48 | YourVilla Magazine