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Buy plants that are drought tolerant and suited to our local climate so your garden will require less watering. |
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Mulching can prevent up to 70% of water loss by evaporation on hot days. |
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Plants don’t need watering every day. Once a week will usually do. |
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Water in the early morning or evening to avoid water loss through evaporation. |
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Park your car on your lawn or a suitable grassy area when washing to minimise runoff. |
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Use a bucket to wash the car, as per current restrictions, and dry using a chamois. |
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Clean footpaths and driveways with a broom, hosing driveways can waste about 30 litres of water a minute. |
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Covering your pool will reduce evaporation by up to 90%, as well as reducing how often you need to clean and top up your pool. |
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Indoors |
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Install a water efficient shower head traditional ‘old style’ shower heads use about 20 litres of water per minute, twice as much as water efficient appliances. |
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Install a dual flush toilet or cistern weight in your old single flush toilet they can half the water use from 12-20 litres a flush to 6 litres a flush. |
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Install a water efficient washing machine, front loaders are often more water efficient than top loaders. |
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Only run the dishwasher when you have a full load, as they can use up to 60 litres of water for each load. |
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Fix leaking showerheads and taps a dripping tap can waste more than 35,000 litres of water a year. |
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Take shorter showers long hot showers use around 10 to 20 litres a minute, so cutting a 10 minute shower down to 5 minutes will save around 50 to 100 litres of water. |
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