Introduction

This is a list that I'm keeping on how to conserve water and therefore money, adding to it from time to time and posting it online in the hope that it will be helpful to people. Many of these ideas are common sense, others are passed-down knowledge, and a few are the result of my own creative problem solving.

Water

• Rather than buy bottled water all the time, refill a glass bottle. If your tapwater is not great quality, this will require that you buy a water filter.
• To conserve toilet water, put bricks in the holding tank, so that less water is used to fill it and therefore less to flush. You can also fill jars with water to the jars' rims and put those in there.
• To further conserve toilet water, use the motto from summer camp:
  • If it's brown, flush it down. If it's yellow, let it mellow.
• To conserve shower water, put an egg timer in the bathroom to make it easier for you to limit your showers to 5 or 10 minutes.
• If you visit a coffeehouse and have paid for anything, ask for a free large-size glass of water while you are there.

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