water conservation

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Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 29 May 23

Most homes and apartments in India have an overhead tank that stores water on the top of the building. An electric pump will pump it from the ground level where it is supplied to the top. The motor dos not have an automatic cut...

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Sunset over Kalihi, Oahu

Krissttina Isobe @oahuwriter (26773) • United States 7 Jul 22

Birds chirping merrily today, as the day was a sunny one. Glad for a nice day to get a few things I needed from Marukai. How is the weather in your neck of the woods? Summer is here, we've water conservation going on because of...

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20K+ and counting

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 9 Jul 19

With the 2,300+ words I added to my new story today, I topped 20,000 for the month so far. And I did this while finishing my presentation for the Lions Club meeting I've been asked to present at on Thursday. I guess I can be...

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trees and pumpkins

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Water CRISIS !

PRASHANT RAJPUT @RADICAL11 (189) • Delhi, India 23 Sep 16

Water is usually not considered as Sacrosanct as it is to humans. I feel it is very important that Water is conserved by people, specifically children. Water Conservation is a type of Ecological Solutions to the Climate Change.

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My Favorite Xeriscaped Yard

Barbara Radisavlejvic @bagarad (14283) • Paso Robles, California 10 Jun 16

In my part of California we are still in a drought. That's why many people have stopped watering their lawns and are letting them go brown. Others have turned to xeriscaping. Xeriscaping is landscaping with drought resistant...

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conserve water

missjahn @missjahn (4572) • Philippines 8 Oct 12

in our place we are too lucky that somehow we have abundance of water for consumption. we can have it even we need not to pay to any water station monthly for connection of water services. this abundance, which i think being...

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Water Conservation Tips

cianoy @cianoy (513) • Philippines 25 Jan 10

I just read that there's an impending water shortage in Metro Manila until June. Do you have any water conservation tips? 1. Don't shower. Use tabo.

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What do you think of waterless or no-flush urinals?

cianoy @cianoy (513) • Philippines 9 Jan 10

Are you aware of the environmental benefits? Comment on this article: How Does a Waterless Urinal Work? Piqued by curiosity because I mentioned waterless urinals in a recent post about urine as a fertilizer, I decided to...

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Water conservation

jess368 @jess368 (3368) • United States 21 Feb 09

I want to do all that I can to conserve water, and would like any advice you can give. First I would like to get a rain water barrel. I have found them for around $115, and want to know if I can get them cheaper. (this is a...

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do you conserve water?

jingbautista @jingbautista (2456) • Philippines 9 Oct 08

i am really an advocate of waer conservation. in our boarding house, there are really persons who would leave the water flowing from the pipe. and others are insensitive to turn it off. they dont care or value enough this...

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If it's yellow, let it mellow?

wrld_n_harmony @wrld_n_harmony (695) • United States 22 Jun 08

I'm sure you've heard the saying, "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down." So what do you think? In these time of rising costs, is this something we should instate? Or is it plain gross? Would you do it? HAVE...

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Would you install a urinal in your bathroom?

GreenMoo @GreenMoo (11833) 25 May 08

In the interests on saving water as it is becoming a more precious resource, would you install a urinal in your bathroom? Most people I've spoken to have said no as they see them as smelly and dirty, but I think that their...

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Toilet to Tap

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 27 Nov 07

With more and more areas facing droughts and water shortages and with people being unable or unwilling to conserve drinking water some governments are talking about (or already using) a method to reclaim waste water and make it...

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WATER CRISIS

sheraldea @sheraldea (263) • Philippines 5 Dec 06

Just last week, we experienced water crisis for 3 days. Water wasn’t able to reach the kitchen faucet. Only the faucet near the water meter has water and it takes forever to fill a pail. We were fortunate because our other...

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Is anyone here do practically the rainwater harvesting?

ssh123 @ssh123 (31071) • India 27 Aug 06

Can we really conserve water by this method?

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