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helpful tips and adviceSimple tips to help reduce your bill

Often the simplest (and cheapest) changes can help you save water.


Try these tips in your home

  • Rejoice at doing fewer dishes – Let the morning dishes wait until after dinner (or vice versa) – washing with a full sink/ dishwasher will save you a minimum of 10 litres a day. 

  • Reuse and smile - choose a favourite glass and keep reusing it throughout the day. Less dishes = less water used. 

  • Half full equals just as clean - if you’ve only got a few dishes that must be washed, fill the kitchen sink to a third of the way.

  • Let the sun do your laundry for you - With good weather, bring back the lost art of airing your clothes outside, rather than automatically washing them after each wear. 

  • Don't have a garden? - Capture shower warm up water to hand-wash delicate clothing items or use it to flush the toilet.

  • Dripping tap’s do more than keep you awake – just one dripping tap can waste 4 litres a day.   Place a cup under each tap while you’re at work.  If there is more than a dribble in each cup when you return, you need to replace the washer.

  • Don't flush your savings - Put a few drops of food dye in the toilet cistern.  If in 15 minutes your toilet bowl is anything but pearly white, you have a leak that costs you 100 litres a day.  Find out how we can help change your toilet  for a minimal amount.

  • Staying fit AND using less water? -  Take advantage of the sunnier mornings and daylight saving and time your workouts before your regular shower, thus removing the need for a second shower. 

  • Brush your way to water conservation – brush your teeth with a glass of water to save 4 litres of water a day.

  • A closer shave AND less nicks? Shave out of the shower and with the taps turned off.   

    For more information on saving water in and around your home, visit savewater.com.au.