Water Conservation News & Tips

Tips for Conserving Water!

2008-06-30T12:00:00.001-04:00

Though the majority of planet earth is water (look at a map and you can clearly see how many bodies of waters there are!), only 3% of it can be used as drinking water. Let’s do something now to ensure this lasts us!

Shorten your showers to less than 10 minutes. Already doing it in less than 10 minutes? Make it 7.
Turn off the water while you're brushing your teeth, shaving, or washing your face.
Leaky faucet or shower head? A dripping faucet can waste up to 2,000 gallons/7,600 liters of water a year. Check the plumbing in your house and repair the leaks as soon as possible.
Ask your parents if they’d like to invest in low-flush toilets, shower heads and faucet aerators. You’ll save thousands of gallons of water each year and your parents’ water bill will be lower!
Call your water utility company and ask for a copy of their latest water quality report. Public water utilities regularly test the quality of the drinking water they provide to customers.
Reduce your use of pesticides and fertilizers, and look for safer alternatives to control weeds and bugs. Lawn and garden pesticides and fertilizers can pollute the water. Some alternatives are geraniums to repel Japanese beetles; garlic and mint to repel aphids; and marigolds to repel whiteflies.
To make the most of the water you use outdoors, never water at the hottest time of day (usually in the early to mid-afternoon)or when it's windy. Turnoff your sprinklers when it’s raining. On average, 50% - 70% of household water is used outdoors for watering lawns and gardens.
Have a garden? Use mulch. It helps to conserve water by holding moisture in the earth longer.

To view more water saving tips and ideas, please visit:
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A Few Ways That Your Home Can Save Water

2008-05-30T00:20:00.004-04:00

Want to cut down on the water bill? Here is some water-saving technology for your house that will help you reach your water conservation goals:

1. Low flush toilets. They use much less water than a normal flush toilet, cutting it down to 1.6 gallons per flush as opposed to 7 gallons.

2. Low-flow shower heads. They are also called "energy-efficient shower heads" because they use less energy as well.

3. Wastewater reuse or recycling systems, which recycle wastewater through purification at a water treatment plant.

Know of any more money-saving tips that also help the world around us? Let us know!

For more water conservation ideas and related products, check out AwarenessIdeas.com!

Universities encourage their students to take shorter showers

2008-05-18T22:25:00.002-04:00

Many Universities use posters, decals and shower tags to create awareness within their Dorms to encourage students to consider the water being used in prolonged showers. Many Universities encourage taking what they call "Power Showers" of 5, 8 or 10 minutes instead of much longer showers.

We can't tell your students what's right for them, but we can offer ideas to get them thinking. Review our links under water at www.awarenessIDEAS.com

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Water conservation is critical issue in many businesses

2008-05-18T22:12:00.003-04:00

We get calls all the time now for help in creating awareness amongst employees in a business. It's not just southern HOT areas but all over. Businesses in every state are getting hit with both higher water bills and more local restrictions on how they need to deal with the water they use.

Visit our water link at www.awarenessIDEAS.com and review all the awareness products you can start with in your efforts to use water more wisely. If you need something you don't see, ask us about it and we'll go to work developing it.

Stop wasting water right away. We can help.

Ways to Conserve Water During Warmer Months

2008-05-12T13:02:00.002-04:00

With summer just around the corner, there are many ways that people can waste water if they are not careful. Here are some helpful tips to conserve water during spring/summer-related activities:

1. Plant during the spring or fall when the watering requirements are lower.

2. Evaporative coolers require a seasonal maintenance checkup. For more efficient cooling, check your evaporative cooler annually.

3. Check your sprinkler system frequently and adjust sprinklers so only your lawn is watered and not the house, sidewalk, or street.

4. Avoid planting turf in areas that are hard to water such as steep inclines and isolated strips along sidewalks and driveways.

5. Install covers on pools and spas and check for leaks around your pumps.

For products promoting water conservation, visit us at AwarenessIdeas.com.

Wise Water Conservation Tips for Spring

2008-04-18T06:23:00.002-04:00

Use these simple tips to save water and money this spring while getting your yard back in shape.

Check for leaks in pipes, hoses, hose connections, and faucets. Even a tiny leak can translate into thousands of gallons of wasted water over a short period of time. Repair or replace any equipment leaking water immediately.

Use shut-off nozzles on hoses
Use nozzles which completely turn off the water when you are not using it; they also help to more effectively direct water than using your finger to create a stream.

Prioritize Your Springtime Watering Needs Outdoors
Now is a great time for you to prioritize the watering needs of all outdoor plants and trees. Take the time to determine which area of your yard needs the most water.

Keep weeds out of flower and vegetable gardens
Weeds begin to appear around springtime and warmer weather. Weeds are notorious for stealing water away from other plants, so if you’ll keep their populations in check, you won’t have to water as often. With lawns, remove weeds by hand whenever possible to avoid tough competition.

Capture and recycle rainwater
Place rain barrels or buckets beneath your downspouts. 1,000 sq. ft. of roof surface will collect 420 gallons of water in every inch of rainfall. You can use rainwater for outdoor plants and trees or to wash your car.

Check out our posters that have great Water Conservation messages for spring!

25 Days til Earth Day!

2008-03-28T08:01:00.001-04:00

On 22nd April there will be Earth Day events around the world.
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, people around the world have been creating their own ways to celebrate Earth, to observe the beauty and vitality of nature-and to renew their commitment to saving our living planet.
We at www.AwarenessIdeas.com have been helping people in their efforts to conserve energy, recycle, and conserve water since the start of Earth Day.
We have created 1,000's of products with just the right message to encourage and remind people to do what they can to save our planet.

What you pour down your drain can be a big icky problem

2008-03-23T20:56:00.005-04:00

Your employees need to know that disposing of improper liquids or solids down drains can become a big costly problem. Besides penalty costs can be sever, the cost of processing drain water goes up and your company shares in that cost.

Most people want to help keep our water system clean. Use our posters, decals and handouts as friendly reminders. Talk to us about your needs, we can create communication reminders that work.

Water conservation ideas your company can implement

2008-03-23T20:45:00.003-04:00

People in companies can make a big difference in whether your company is seen as green or not. By using only enough water to get a job done your company is reducing water waste, also saving the energy it takes to make that water available. Also by not disposing of contaminated water in a wrong way keeps our water system healthy and less expensive to keep up.

Our water conservation posters, decals and handouts will help you keep your employees thinking about your companies water goals.

Water conservation awareness is a big issue

2008-02-18T22:05:00.002-05:00

Every day we get organizations asking us to develope new specialized posters that meet their criteria for generating water awareness messages. Though they are surprised to dicover just how many water oriented posters we already have, they need a different twist and question what it takes to get a new poster developed.

I's easy.... Just ask.

We'll discuss with you:
1. the problem you're trying to solve
2. who the audience is
3. what part the audience can play in solving the problem
4. some messages you think might work
5. we'll expand on those messages
6. we'll brainstorm with you visual graphic ideas
7. and before you know it we'll be back with a poster idea to get your review
8. more refinement if necssary
9. then to our printng presses

In just days you can be on the road to getting your message acoss. why wait
any longer?

Water Saving Tips

2008-01-25T10:32:00.000-05:00

Try to do one thing each day that will result in saving water. Don't worry if the savings are minimal. Every drop counts. You can make a difference.

When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water.

Run your washing machine and dishwasher only when they are full and you could save 1000 gallons a month.

Keep a pitcher of water in the refrigerator instead of running the tap for cold drinks, so that every drop goes down you not the drain.

find more posters like this at http://www.awarenessideas.com/

Wash your produce in the sink or a pan that is partially filled with water instead of running water from the tap.

Plug the bathtub before turning the water on, then adjust the temperature as the tub fills up.

Conserving Water

2007-12-31T11:48:00.000-05:00

Conserving water is a brilliant way to save money in the home or at work. By using less, it bring brings down cost and saves on energy & resources. To help others promote this, I've created a new poster that will help motivate action.

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp397-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp397.htm

For more water conservation ideas and products, please visit:
http://www.awarenessideas.com/Water-Conservation-s/5.htm

Are You Leaky?

2007-12-11T12:45:00.000-05:00

Water conservation not only saves water, but also saves energy— energy needed to heat water and to run appliances.
A slow drip can add up to 15 or 20 gallons a day, while a 1/16-inch faucet leak wastes 100 gallons in 24 hours! Most leaks, aside from toilets, are in faucets and are most commonly caused by worn washers. Make it a point to check all faucets in the house and office once or twice a year.
A good hardware or plumbing supply store will have necessary replacement parts.
Many different kinds of water-saving devices and fixtures are on the market, ranging from special reduced-flow shower heads to water-thrifty shallow-trap toilets. A variety of shower head adapters also is available to cut down water use in existing fixtures.

We have great decals and posters at www.AwarenessIDEAS.com that you can put up at work to remind everybody to report any leaks and get them repaired before too much water is wasted.

Here are a couple of examples:

Water Conservation can be done a sip at a time

2007-11-18T19:59:00.000-05:00

Conserving water starts with consuming water. When we drink from a faucet, we run the risk of over filling the glass or letting water spill back into the sink. In addition, using a glass encourages us to consume more water, as we feel the water supply is infinite. Also, consuming tap water in many parts of the country has proven to be dangerous (or at least not completely safe) because of the additives or impurities that make it's way into our drinking water. All of these reasons have made our decision to offer custom branded bottled water ane asy one.

Our Bottled Waters are perfect for a variety of events and occasions. Corporate events, conventions, fundraising, even sporting events are just a few ways to use our Custom Labeled PET Bottles to get your brand to market. Our water is the healthy choice to make for your next event. All of our exclusive Natural Spring Water is from the best water sources that the United States of America has to offer: English Mountain Spring Water from the pristine Smokey Mountains of Tennessee or the 2007 Gold Medal Winner of the Berkley Spring Best Tasting Award of Mt. Palomar in Sunny Southern California. This water can be easily customized with your logo, event date, water conservation message or other information.

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wh013-Water-Conservation-12oz-Bottled-Water-p/wh013-01.htm

Promote water conservation at the table.

2007-11-09T17:13:00.000-05:00

I found this tip on the AwarenessIDEAS.com website under water conservation. “Don’t let the waiter bring water unless you request it. Discourage automatic refilling of empty water glass. Use paper cups at drinking fountains whenever possible to avoid water waste.” What are your ideas for water conservation, if you need help visit AwarenessIDEAS.com and go to the water conservation area. There you will find the Water Wheel with many great ideas for conservation.

http://www.awarenessideas.com/eh920a-Energy-Conservation-Info-Wheel-p/eh920a.htm

How much does 1000 gallons of water cost you?

2007-11-01T09:31:00.000-04:00

1000 gallons sounds like a big number, and it is. To give you and idea how big that is, consider it in terms of fish tanks. Most home fish tanks are 20 to 30 gallon. That's 30-50 of those tanks stacked together. If you think of larger aquariums, those are about 100 gallons. That's 10 large aquariums worth of water!

Why am I bringing up 1000 gallons as being an important number?

Because cutting your showers down to just 5 minutes/day will save up to 1000 gallons per month. That's a huge savings both in your water bill and your electric or gas bill (from heating the water).

We've designed a poster to drive home this message.

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp362-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp362.htm

Turn off the water!

2007-10-30T14:39:00.000-04:00

Today I thought I'd create a message that would inspire an action toward conserving water. If turn off the water while shaving, you can save more than 100 gallons a week!

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp365-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp365.htm

For more info and products on Water Conservation, please visit:
http://www.awarenessideas.com/Water-Conservation-Posters-s/36.htm

3 New Ways to Save Water!

2007-10-29T10:10:00.000-04:00

Water conservation is the most cost-effective and environmentally sound way to reduce our demand for water. Saving water also saves energy. There are many effective ways to conserve water in and around your home and office, so I've been keeping a long running list of hints & ideas to share with everyone. By turning these tips into colorful posters, I've made it so you too can share information on how to cut costs and reserve resources!

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp353-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp353.htm

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp354-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp353.htm

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp355-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp353.htm

To find more water conservation tips, ideas, and products visit:

http://www.awarenessideas.com/Water-Conservation-s/5.htm

Dirty Sidewalk? Use a broom instead of a hose.

2007-10-28T20:07:00.000-04:00

The temptation to wash the dirt and debris off from your sidewalk, porch, patio or walkway is an easy one to give into. These areas are often cleaned in a short time and left wet to dry, which makes for an easy exercise in tidying up your lawn.

However, every time you do this, you waste atleast 80 gallons of water. That's 80 days worth of clean drinking water for everyone in your family. That's 80 gallons of water you have to pay for both in consumption and waste to your water bill. That's 80 gallons you could avoid using because there's another way to get the job done.

So next time, pick up a broom and put down the hose. A few strokes of a push broom is a great step towards water conservation.

Here's a poster we've created to reinforce this message:

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp354-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp354.htm

Water Saving Ideas are only a click away

2007-10-26T00:00:00.000-04:00

With so many conflicting stories about water conservation out there, it's nice to have a fun informational item like our Water Wheel to help guide us in our water conservation efforts. This wheel has a sliding disc with water saving help for utility sinks, bathroom sinks, bathtubs, faucets, pipes, showers, toilets and washing machines. Each viewable slice, shown in the window of the water wheel, has a tip and helpful information for each water-saving situation. Have you saved water today? This wheel will help you.

http://www.awarenessideas.com/eh920a-Energy-Conservation-Info-Wheel-p/eh920a.htm

Looking for a way to recycle your water? Your plants will thank you.

2007-10-21T18:13:00.000-04:00

Doing dishes is one of the four horsemen of life's responsibilities, right up there with birth, death and taxes. Think of all the water trickling down your drain every time you rinse your dishes? We have a great way to recycle this water (and make your plants happy too)

Put a stopper in your drain when rinsing and use the water you've collected to water your plants. The run off from your dishes will not hurt your plants and this simple tip will save on your water bill.

We've put together a poster to show off this concept:

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp355-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp355.htm

Join us for Blog Action Day and make a difference

2007-10-15T10:28:00.000-04:00

Today, we're participating in Environmental Blog Action Day:

http://blogactionday.org

From their website:

On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind.

In its inaugural year, Blog Action Day will be co-ordinating bloggers to tackle the issue of the environment.

What Each Blogger Will Do

Bloggers can participate on Blog Action Day in one of two ways:

Publish a post on their blog which relates to an issue of their own choice pertaining to the environment.

For example: A blog about money might write about how to save around the home by using environmentally friendly ideas. Similarly a blog about politics might examine what weight environmental policy holds in the political arena.

Posts do not need to have any specific agenda, they simply need to relate to the larger issue in whatever way suits the blogger and readership. Our aim is not to promote one particular viewpoint, only to push the issue to the table for discussion.
Commit to donating their day’s advertising earnings to an environmental charity of their choice. There is a list of "official" Blog Action Day charities on the site, however bloggers are also free to choose an alternate environmental charity to donate to if they wish.

Watch for a few posts today from our staff to see how we each contribute to a healthier world in our individual positions at AwarenessIDEAS. You'll hear from our designers, marketing, the president of the company and even our accounting department. Much like in every company, each person can make a difference.

I encourage anyone reading this blog who has a blog of their own to participate. No matter what your blog is about, you can write about your impact on the world, how you work to be green or anything else that comes to mind.

When you lay in bed at night, do you count sheep or the tick of your energy meter?

2007-10-14T00:04:00.000-04:00

When you go to sleep tonight, will you have pleasant dreams of a time when your energy bill was low and all was well or will you wake up to the nightmare of rising energy costs?

The stresses of mounting energy costs will no longer be something you will lose sleep over.

Our Glow-in-the-dark Energy Conservation Magnet will be the last reminder you need each night before you sleep. As you curl up into your bed, you'll glance over at this decal and run through your head all of the things in your house that can be turned off to save energy. Is your computer off? Your thermostat turned to the appropriate setting? All of your lights off? Your television?

Stick one of these magnets near your bed and you won't be stuck with another outrageous energy bill.

http://www.awarenessideas.com/em014-Energy-Conservation-GLOW-Magnet-p/ehmag014.htm

Halloween Sale: No Tricks, Just Treats, at AwarenessIDEAS.com

2007-10-11T14:04:00.000-04:00

For the last two days of October, in celebration of Energy Month and Halloween, we're offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $300 on ALL items in our website. That includes all of our energy conservation, recycling, safety, environmental, and quality process items. That's all posters, decals, handouts, banners, magnets, signs, charts, leak tags and anything else you find at our website!

Energy Conservation:
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Recycling:
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Safety Awareness:
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Air Quality:
http://www.awarenessideas.com/Air-Quality-s/4.htm

Water Quality:
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Quality Process:
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Not ready to spend $300? We send a FREE Awareness Gift with EVERY order. For details, see this page:
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If you don't see what you'd like, give us a call or send us an email. We'll gladly custom make most anything you desire.

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AwarenessIDEAS
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Do you know where your waste water goes?

2007-10-07T17:17:00.000-04:00

Waste water tends to go one of a few places. If it's flushed down your toilet, down your drain, through your shower or one of your sinks, it's likely headed to a treatment facility. What about the water you use to water your lawn, wash your car, clean off your driveway?

One of the things I learned when I moved to Lakeland, Florida is the nature of water runoff. The saying you see on every sign at the end of every street here is "All water drains to lake". Now consider what's in this water. If you're washing your car, you likely have detergents and wax and dirt and a variety of cleaners mixed with the water. If it's from your yard or your driveway, consider all of the potential automotive chemicals that are now draining to a lake. This is a big problem for lake pollution levels!

We need to protect our wetlands. This poster reminds us of ways we can minimize our impact on our precious water supply.

http://www.awarenessideas.com/wp219-Water-Conservation-Poster-p/wp219.htm