Sunday, November 25, 2012

An old trick to save money on your water bill

     Good day, I am here to tell you about an old trick that will not only help you and your family conserve water, but also save you money on your water bill as well.  It is a matter of water displacement.  If you take any size container and fill it with water, the water will fill the same amount of empty space every time, given the size of the container.  If you were to take a solid, smaller object and place it with in this same container it will occupy space in which water used to.  Now not only will it take less time to fill the container, it will also take less water.

     If you take this concept and apply it to every toilet in your home you will undoubtedly reduce the amount of water you use, thus lowering your water bill.  How much you will lower it will vary based on the size of your home.  For instance, if your home has eight bathrooms in it you will see a bigger difference in your savings compared to a home with one or two bathrooms.  However, you are still conserving water usage in either situation which is better for the environment and better for everyone.  Another good thing about this trick is that it is out of sight, out of mind attitude.  Once you put it in use, it will not affect your original daily routine.  As a matter of fact you will not even remember you did it until your water bill comes around.

     Ok, so here is the trick.  Mind you it is a very simple and logical approach which in my opinion are usually the best ways to look at our environmental issues.  First, go to one of your toilets in your home and check the size of the tank on the back of the toilet.  This is the one that fills up with water every time you flush it.  Take the lid off the back tank and judge the amount of empty space in it.  Now go to the store and buy everything you need to make  a spaghetti dinner.  Why you may ask?  You bought all of this for the jars the pasta sauce comes in.  After you have made and enjoyed your dinner rinse and dry the jars of pasta sauces.  Use one pasta sauce jar per tank per toilet.  So one jar per toilet.  Fill these freshly cleaned jars with distilled water and re seal the top to them. Turn off the water at the nozzle located directly behind the toilet.  Make sure the nozzle is securely all the way to the right.  After you have done this flush your toilet so that the tank on the back will empty out.  Now place one of the jars in the empty space in each tank on the back of each toilet. (usually on the right hand side)  Be sure that the jar placement is not going to interfere with the inner workings of the tank.  After that just place the lid back on the tank and open the nozzle located behind the tank near the ground.  Make sure it is open by turning it to the left several times.  Now flush to refill the tank and enjoy your savings along with your water conservation. 

   Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.  I will be posting as much content as I can about ways to make your homes, cars, trucks, boats, RVs, and even you more efficient.  These tricks are design to make yourself more environmentally friendly as well as save you money. 

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