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Publication Review
Title: Water
Efficiency for your Home
Author: Rocky Mountain Institute, 1995
File: Free Pamphlet, PDF 304 KB, 22 pages
Audience: Written for homeowners and renters.
Review
A fairly thorough discussion about products and practices that save water,
energy and money.
Issues covered include:
- the wider benefits of efficiency in water use
- how water is typically used in the home
- showerheads
- toilets
- faucets
- washing machines
- lawn watering
- remaking your landscape
- graywater use
- composting toilets
- rainwater collection systems
Detail drawings include:
- graph of how water is used in the home
- toilet tank diagram of working parts
Related Links
Water Conserve
Water conservation portal and search engine.
Water Use it Wisely
Information about saving water inside and outside your home. Included
family water audit worksheet and links to water conservation programs
in each State.
Water Information Program
A public information program sponsored by water districts in Southern
Colorado
EPA's Water Efficiency
Webpage
Covers general information about water conservation, free downloadable
publications and links
Watersaver.org
Denver Water's water conservation website. Good general information no
matter where you live.
