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During this time of the year, water conservation is one of the most important things that you can practice next to staying properly hydrated. More and more communities are putting up notices for the residents to conserve water due to lack of rain and there are a lot of things that you can do to take part in this. Not only should you practice this during the summer, but practicing water conservation year round can save you a good amount of money on your water bill every month even when there is not a drought in your area.
First, if at all possible, restrict the number of baths that members of your household take every day. Even better, try to switch everyone over to taking showers instead, since these will typically use a lot less water than a full bath tub of water will. Around 10 minutes in the shower equals usually less than half a full tub of water, so if you want to bathe more than once in a day, switching to showers could be the best thing for your situation.
If you have lawn sprinklers, you can set these on a timer to only be active for shorter periods of time than throughout the rest of the year. The sprinklers should only water the lawn for a few minutes, then stop for a while, then water again. You need to give the water that was sprayed a change to soak into the soil before letting the sprinklers start watering again.
Something else you can do is turn your sprinklers off if you know that it is going to rain. Some sprinkler systems have a rain sensor that you can turn on so your sprinklers automatically stay off if the ground is wet.
If you like to use your water hose to spray off your driveway or your deck, using a broom is often just as effective. Do this instead.
Watering your lawn early in the morning is the best time if you do not have a sprinkler system to water the lawn for you. The water that you spray on the lawn later in the day does not have as much of a chance to penetrate into the soil since it is much warmer in the afternoon and the water evaporates. This will cause you to have to water your lawn again sooner than you normally would.
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