By Mercia Tapping

After visiting Africa last year, where most places we visited the population did not have running water, I became more conscious about how wasteful we were being at home. For example, when we did something as simple as brushing our teeth, we left the tap running while we did so. Now, I turn the tap off as I brush my teeth. It is a simple little thing, but I know that I am saving a tremendous amount of water by doing so.

By Mercia Tapping

My husband and I have got the age where we can be relied on to get up during the night for a bathroom visit. So the family secret is that we do not flush during the night but do so first thing in the morning. This way we do not disturb each other and we have cut way down on our water consumption.

By Randy

I just started to recycle my empty spring water bottles and was startled by the amount of bottles that I collected in the recycling bin. Then I looked into making my own clean water and learned how simple it was to do with this water purifier. I even make my own pure ice cubes that easily fit in my sport bottle and would never have fit in the ones I had to recycle. So now I save over $75 a month from not buying bottled water and I don’t have a pile of plastic to recycle. Not only was it easy to do and better for the environment, I’m actually saving money!

Mercia Tapping

Last night I watched yet again for the hundredth time as my husband solemnly washed the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. Not that I am ungrateful for this auspicious rare event of helping clean up, but the waste of water continues to aggravate me. He always chastises me for putting dirty dishes into the dishwasher. So I finally said in a sanctimonious tone, that “The Department of Energy suggests we do not wash the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher, as modern dishwashers are quite capable of cleaning the dishes, and it wastes water”. He stopped immediately! Miracles do happen!