[header] How to be environmentally friendly [title] Conserve water at home. [step] It takes a lot of energy to bring water from rivers, groundwater, or whatever your local water source is into your home. Water must be pumped to a treatment plant, filtered and treated with chemicals to clean it, then pumped into your neighborhood so you can use it home.
[header] How to be environmentally friendly [title] Conserve water at home. [step] It takes a lot of energy to bring water from rivers, groundwater, or whatever your local water source is into your home. Water must be pumped to a treatment plant, filtered and treated with chemicals to clean it, then pumped into your neighborhood so you can use it home.
It may sound intimidating but it's actually very important that you have gallons of water every day. Thinking of this as a necessity, and feeling the water you use everyday increases your infrastructure and may benefit your children as well. Saving as much water as possible reduces the stress this whole process puts on natural bodies of water in the environment. Here are a few ways to conserve water : [substeps] Use the low-water dishwashing method. You can use water from rainwater, recycled water from bottled water, or any other source that you can change locally. [substeps] Buying water from a local water source may mean running your tap over, rinsing your filters, and removing filter sediment and dead, dried out water. Water treatment chemicals come in six basic categories. The first one is chlorine, which is concentrated in the water and removes slowly.