One-hit Wonder
Install water saving tap inserts to your taps (see www.tapmagic.co.uk).
Repeating Challenge
Follow the toilet rhyme: ‘if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down’!
Repeating Challenge
Fix any dripping taps immediately.
Repeating Challenge
Turn the tap off when you brush your teeth. You can waste can up to 9 litres a minute by just letting the water pour down the sink.
Repeating Challenge
Keep a jug of water in the fridge so you don’t have to run the tap to get cold water.
Repeating Challenge
Tip any spare water onto plants rather than down the plug.
One-hit Wonder
Install a water meter.
The Big Ask
Install a grey-water collecting system. See www.reuk.co.uk for more details.
Repeating Challenge
Buy a used bathwater syphon to take your bath water into the garden. See www.droughtbuster.co.uk.
Repeating Challenge
Shower, don’t bath (and don’t use a power shower). You could use a third less water, saving up to 400 litres a week.
One-hit Wonder
Buy a dual flush toilet.
One-hit Wonder
When you replace your washing machine buy one that is A-rated and water efficient.
Repeating Challenge
Wash vegetables in a bowl rather than under a running tap.