Water Savings Kits Available

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It's estimated that 12 percent of the water used in the average American household is wasted due to leaks. Nationally, this translates into more than 1 trillion gallons of water leaking from U.S. homes each year, or the equivalent of the water used by 11 million homes every year!

Through the end of March, the Consortium is giving away indoor water savings kits to customers of its water provider members. The kit contains a high efficiency showerhead, high efficiency bath and kitchen aerators, a shower timer, a toilet fill cycle diverter, and toilet leak dectection tablets. Once installed, the kit could save an average four-person household more than 24,000 gallons of water and about $140 in water and sewer costs annually. Request your kit today!    

Kids Explore a Variety of Water-related Topics at the 24th Annual Children's Clean Water Festival

Earlier this month a tide of about 1,400 fourth graders surged onto the University of Portland's campus for the 24th annual Children's Clean Water Festival.

Each year, the Consortium, its water provider members, and several other water-focused organizations put on the Festival which includes more than 40 exhibits, classroom presentations, and stage shows.
 
Find out more about the Festival at www.cleanwaterfestival.org.
Weekly Watering Number to begin

Weekly Watering Number
Spring is the time to start checking your sprinkler system for peak summer performance. You can put your system through its paces now by running each zone and making adjustments so that the water lands where it should this summer.

Regular maintenance of your irrigation system, along with regularly adjusting the amount of water that your landscape receives, can reduce your outdoor water use by 50 percent or more. Find out when to start watering this year, and how much to water each week, with our Weekly Watering Number.  

Have you put your junior leak detectives to work?

Fixing leaky faucets or toilets should be left to grown-ups, but kids can play an important role in helping to put a stop to leaks at home and school by becoming junior leak detectives. Here's two ways to get you started:
  • Check faucets or showers to see if they drip when they are off. If they do, be sure to tell an adult. A leaky faucet or shower can waste hundreds of gallons of water a month, so finding leaks and fixing them is very important.
  • Get an adult to help you test your toilet for leaks. It will take about 10 minutes, and when fixed, could help your family save hundreds of gallons of water a month!

 

Get more tips on ways you can use water efficiently at www.conserveh2o.org.  
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