What is water?
Where can we find it?
How is it used?
Down the drain
How to save water
Acknowledgements

How to Save Water
(To learn about recycling water or salinity, click here.)

We can save water in many different ways, but to understand how these ways help save our environment, we must understand that all things can be linked together. For example, by planting trees, we can reduce the amount of soil that enters and pollutes our waterways. You can start saving water by:

  • Using buckets instead of a hose when watering the garden
  • Taking a shower instead of a bath, but using water saving shower heads would be even better.
  • Installing half-flush toilets.
  • Fixing leaky taps
  • Placing an object such as a brick in the toilet or adjust the arm on the toilet.
  • Planting native Australian plants
  • Resuing greywater (that's what we call the water from the laundry, etc.)

These are only some of the endless ways that we can help our environment.

Leaking taps waste water.

 

The 'Green Games'

In the Sydney 2000 Olympics, they were nicknamed the 'Green Games' because the village that accomodated some of the spectators and Olympians used devices that were environmentally friendly. Dual-flush toilets, water-efficient showers, drip-irrigation and native plants were some of the unique methods that the designers of the village helped the environment. Besides, the drinking water for the village was separate from the toilet water (which was simply rain water). Sewerage was also treated on-site.

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