How to save Water with the correct Plumbing.

Water can be saved by having correct plumbing, such as pipes and faucets. Some examples of these are Low-Flush Toilets, Toilet Displacement Devices, Low-Flow shower heads, and faucet Aerators.

Low-Flush toilets use 1.6 gallons of water but the regular toilets use about 3.5 gallons per flush.

Toilet Displacement Devices are plastic containers such as plastic milk jugs can be filled with water or pebbles and can be placed in a toilet tank to reduce the amount of water used per flush. With the container in the tank it can save about 1 gallon of water per flush.

Shower Heads account for about 20 percent of total indoor water use. By replacing standard 4.5 gallon per minutes shower heads with 2.4 gallon per minutes heads, which cost less than $5 dollars each. A family of four can save approximately 20,00 gallons of water per year.

faucet Aerators, break the flowing water into fine droplets and entrain air while maintaining wetting effectiveness. They are inexpensive devices that can be installed in sinks to reduce water use. They can reduces water use by as much as 60 percent while still maintaining a strong flow.