Be Smarter With Your Water

08 June 2012 14:05

To celebrate Saving Water Week commencing on 11th June, NI Water is asking its customers to become more water wise and adopt some simple water saving habits.

Whilst Northern Ireland has a reasonable amount of rainfall, we still need our customers to be ‘water wise’ and realise the importance of conserving water; especially for businesses where it could reduce the cost of their bill.

Maynard Cousley, Water Supply Manager at NI Water:

“NI Water continually monitors levels in reservoirs and takes steps to maximise water storage. However, although we have sufficient water, we shouldn’t waste it – we all need to be smarter with our water!

“Taking action now to reduce how much water we all use will help us all in the future.”
Examples of how you can use water more wisely include:
Ӣ Using watering cans around the garden instead of hosepipes and sprinklers;
Ӣ Using buckets to wash the car instead of a hosepipe;
Ӣ Not leaving taps running longer than necessary, for example when brushing teeth or washing vegetables;
Ӣ When using the dishwasher and washing machine, make sure it is a full load;
Ӣ Only filling the kettle as much as necessary; and
Ӣ Mend leaking taps - taps that drip once a second, result in the loss of 33 litres of water a day.

If you would like to assess your own water usage, please fill out NI Water’s Home Water Audit by logging onto http://www.niwater.com/informationleaflets.asp and click on the leaflet ‘Home Water Audit’.

• NI Water’s water efficiency pages