Conservation
Free Water-efficient Fixtures
High-Efficiency Showerheads
High-efficiency showerheads can save over 2 gallons per minute. It feels like a regular showerhead. It gets you wet just like a regular showerhead. And no, the water doesn't come out in little wimpy spurts. It just uses a lot less water than a regular showerhead.
So why don't you have one? Call 210-704-SAVE and we'll give you your very own free showerhead. And don't forget to wash behind your ears!
Aerators
Next time you're washing the peanut butter off your knife, ask yourself, "Hey do I really need this much water to wash off this peanut butter?" Our answer is "no!" Those little gizmos up there are called aerators. Here's how they can save you a lot of water.
Aerators
save water just by adding air to the water. They don't take away
the water pressure, but they do use a lot less water. Install
aerators in all of your faucets – the bathrooms, the kitchen, everywhere
there's a faucet. Aerators save you about 2 gallons of water per
minute and they're cheap. In fact, they're free if you call 210-704-SAVE.
Seventy-five percent of water used inside the home is used in the bathroom. So follow our water-saving tips and be a WaterSaver!
Quick Links
- Take shorter showers. Save 5-10 gallons for every minute you cut back. It doesn't take that much water to get clean.
- Take showers the "navy way." Get wet, turn the water off, soap up, turn on the water and rinse.
- Install a shower cut-off valve to stop the water when you're soaping up.
- If a shower is not available, reduce the water used in the bathtub by 2 inches.
- Sing shorter songs in the shower. Take a bath if you're going to sing an opera.
- Don't use hot water when cold water will do. Water and energy can be saved by washing hands with soap and cold water. Hot water should be added only when hands are really dirty.
- Turn off water while you're shaving. Just fill the sink with a little water and rinse your razor. You can save up to 9 gallons!
- After you have wet your toothbrush and filled a glass for rinsing your mouth, there is no need to keep pouring water down the drain.
