In the face of drought, here are some ways to limit water consumption

France is now under surveillance in the face of an alarming state of drought. It is therefore necessary implement simple actions to limit water consumption as much as possible.

• We could tell ourselves that arrived in 2022, we no longer take baths every day, but let’s repeat it anyway a little more, please: baths at the moment no, and we also advise you to keep this instruction even outside the heat wave and to take as little as possible. So we take a shower (prefer in the evening to cool off before it gets dark) and we do our best to stay there for 5 minutes, including shampoo. It goes without saying that you turn off the water when you soap yourself.

• What if we avoided using our water unnecessarily, for example during the dishes? We scrub without running the water, and I assure you that opening the tap only at the end only to rinse conscientiously, that’s enough.

• Nobody wants to see their geraniums roasted, which brighten up the balcony so well. But if you want to do it right, here’s the way: water late at night, when temperatures drop and the water has a chance not to evaporate within half an hour.

• And since it’s about watering, rather than running the tap water into the watering can, why not reuse the cooking water for pasta or vegetables once it has cooled instead of throwing it away? Your plants will be grateful to you. At best and if you have the space, install a rainwater collector.

• Let’s stop the half-empty washing machines because you really needed that top you wore last week: your next cycle will be full or it won’t.

• A water regulator to be attached to the tap to aerate the jet and consume less costs literally 5 euros. You know what you have left to do. And no, you don’t need to have a CAP plumbing to install the little bitoniau.

• Even more convenient this time to save water every time you flush the toilet: place a large, full plastic bottle or brick that will take up space in the tank. In an ideal world, we all have dry toilets, but for now you can already do it.

And you, what are your techniques to reduce water consumption as much as possible?

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