Tips on How to Save Water
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Inside - Turn off the water when you brush your teeth
- Shorten your showers by one or two minutes
- Use low-flow showerheads
- Fix leaky faucets
- Repair running toilets
- Wash only full loads of laundry
- Run only full loads of dishes
- Install low-flush toilets and water efficient washing machines
- Install a circulating pump, or an instant hot, or a tankless water heater to get hot water faster
Tips on How to Save Water
Outdoors- Washing your car: Use a hose with a turn off at the nozzle. Use a bucket of soapy water. Soap the car and quickly hose down
- Use a professional or a self-serve carwash using recycled water only
- Water your landscaping only early morning (before 6 a.m.) or evening (after 8 p.m.)
- Do not use your hose to water-sweep concrete driveways, patios and sidewalks. Use a broom.
- Repair broken sprinkler heads
- Install an efficient irrigation system to reduce overspray
- Install drip irrigation when possible to avoid water evaporation
- Plant drought tolerant plants and native plants
- Mulch your landscaping to reduce evaporation
- Turn off irrigation systems when rain is forecast
- Use insulated pool covers
Plant drought tolerant plants. Free tools to use. Metropolitan Water District offers free online landscaping classes, gardening videos, and the California Gardening Guide and many other tools free to use from their website at
Metropolitan Water District water conservation tools.
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