January 2016

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Water Efficiency Tip
 
While you wait for the water to turn hot, collect the running water and use it to water plants around your home. 
Home water audit

Find out how efficiently you use water at home. Take this simple online quiz from Water Use It Wisely and see how you score. The quiz will take you no more than a few minutes to complete.

Once done, you will find out how savvy you are when it comes to water efficiency and learn more ways you can save both in and around your home.

Click here to take the quiz.
WaterSense label indicates improved efficiency

WaterSense is a program of the Environmental Protection Agency. A WaterSense label identifies water efficient appliances for consumers.

A toilet, washing machine, or other appliances with a WaterSense label indicates the product offers measurable water savings of more than 20 percent compared to other products.

Upgrading just one out of every 10 homes with WaterSense products would save 74 billion gallons of water and $1.6 billion in utility bills.

Next time you need to replace a toilet, faucet, washing machine or other appliance, look for the WaterSense label.

Click here to learn more about WaterSense.
Learn how to fix a leak by watching the video above created by Douglas County Water Resource Authority.
Learn how to fix a leak by watching the video above created by Douglas County Water Resource Authority.
Fixing leaks saves water and money

Fixing leaky toilets or faucets is the easiest, and least expensive way to conserve water around your home. A dripping faucet can waste 20 gallons of water a day, and a leaky toilet can waste 90,000 gallons of water in one month alone. Keeping your existing appliances well maintained is the easiest way to start conserving water.

To find out if you have a leaky toilet, visit the Centennial Water customer service counter and pick up a dye tablet. Place the dye in the tank of your toilet; if the color appears in the toilet bowl then you have a leaky toilet.

Centennial Water customer service is located at 62 W. Plaza Dr. in Highlands Ranch.