Start by noticing.
You do not need new equipment to begin understanding your habits. Use this page as a place to write down what you see.
- Check for visible or audible leaks at taps, toilets, and outdoor fittings.
- Notice when you leave a tap running without using the water.
- Write down one small change that would fit your home this week.
Choose something easy to repeat.
Choose one suggestion from EPA WaterSense and adapt it to your household.
- Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth.
- Keep a jug of drinking water in the fridge instead of running the tap to cool it.
- Use full laundry loads or select the appropriate water level for a smaller load.
- Use a basin when washing dishes by hand; run the dishwasher when full.
Keep what works.
A useful habit should fit ordinary days, not just a perfect week.
- Ask the people you live with which change felt easiest.
- Arrange repairs for leaks you cannot safely fix yourself.
- Choose one habit to keep and one thing to learn next.
- Read more at epa.gov/watersense/start-saving.