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Water conservation is very important and these nine changes can help reduce water consumption. Washing your dishes by hand does save water, but having your car washed by a professional uses less water than doing it yourself. Showering with a bucket not only uses less water, but can be reused to water a garden. Gardens […]

Some people are wondering if they will have enough water to live and if people in general will have enough water in the world. This is an important question and there are things we can do to ensure that we all have water in the future. More than 2 billion people in the world do […]

Some people wonder if walking is enough exercise for themselves and there are experts that have weighed in on the issue. Walking is good, but there needs to be more than just walking in order to be healthy. There needs to be aerobic exercise as well as weight lifting in order to maintain health. If […]

There is a free tap water scheme that is launching in Madeley in order to help cut plastic waste. This current water scheme is happening in order to preserve water bottles and allow people to use them over and over. The initiative of the movement is to get businesses to allow people to come in […]

You can save a lot of water with an environmental routine. Water-less beauty could actually be the future of cosmetics. When you think of all of the different ingredients that you treat yourself with, then you may not think of water right away. it has recently been named, by one company, as the new luxury […]

In a world in which more than a billion people lack access to safe drinking water, it’s important to remember that much of the water used by humans is used in industry. This includes the beauty and personal care industry, whose products are mostly water (e.g., body lotion is approximately 90% water). For ecologically-conscious consumers, […]

Ireland is struggling with problems with their water systems, which has numerous leaks. Though the water itself is of high quality, there is trouble with accessibility. Both population growth and climate change pose a challenge to said water system, which has been largely unchanged for over a century. A drought in Dublin last year emphasizes […]

The world’s consumption of plastic has grown explosively in the last decade, and is expected to continue to grow to over half a trillion plastic bottles annually by 2021. One of the key drivers of plastic pollution is the immense demand for bottled water. Although the polyethylene terephthalate used in most beverage bottles can be […]

Under a new program from Wessex Water, technicians carried out more than 22,000 visits to the homes of customers in Mere and Gillingham, sharing tools to help decrease home water consumption. This includes installing over 47,000 water-saving devices, including more efficient shower heads and small strips designed to detect water leakage. These actions have saved […]

Dr. Tom Makin is very careful to protect himself and his family from legionella, the pathogen that causes legionnaires’ disease. Legionella often lives in the stagnant water that collects in shower heads when they aren’t used for a while. This means that unused shower heads, as well as lawn sprinkler systems, can cause a dangerous […]