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Water Conservation Tips

  • The current free allowance is 100m3 and is allocated as part of the current standing charge of €90
  • Use washing machines/dishwashers for full loads rather than washing small loads often
  • If you use a basin in the sink to wash vegetables you can then use the water to water flower beds etc
  • Use showers instead of baths.
  • Toilet leaks are among the most common.  To check for a leak, put a few drops of food colouring in the cistern.  Do not flush for an hour or more.  Then if the bowl water is coloured, there is a leak.  Consider replacing the seals on the cistern or the flushing mechanism.
  • Check any exposed pipework regularly for leaks and repair if necessary.  Insulate any exposed pipes so that they do not burst in frosty weather.
  • Ensure that all field drinkers are level and that the ball valve is working properly, closing when the drinker is full.  Use drinkers which have a cover over the ball valve so that the cattle cannot disturb it.  Check that drinking bowls in sheds are working properly.
  • Consider storing rainwater for use of stock, power washing etc.
  • If building a new house, or installing new sanitary ware, install dual flush cisterns which use much less water.
  • Read your meter often and monitor your water usage.  If the red hand or centre rotor is rotating very rapidly or is moving at a time when you do not think any water is being used, you may have a leak.
  • If you are leaving the house for a long period switch off all washing machines etc.  Read your meter as you leave.  Read it again when you return.  If the reading has changed, you may have a leak.

 

 

 Some Interesting Statistics:

  • Running hose pipe - 600 litres per hour
  • Dishwasher cycle 35 litres
  • Toilet flush 9 litres
  • Leaking tap dripping at a rate of a drip a second equates to 10m3 per year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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