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Are You Ready?

Drought

• Participate in public water conservation meetings conducted by your local government, utility or water management district.
• Follow water conservation and water shortage rules in effect. You are included in the restrictions even if your water comes from a private well.
• Encourage your employer to promote water conservation in the workplace.
• Patronize businesses that practice water conservation, such as restaurants that only serve water upon request.
• Report water losses (broken pipes, open hydrants, errant sprinklers, abandoned free-flowing wells, etc.) to the property owner, local authorities or your water management district.
• Encourage your school system and local government to help develop and promote a water conservation ethic.
• Support projects that will lead to an increased use of reclaimed wastewater for irrigation and other uses.
• Support efforts that create a concern for water conservation among tourists.
• Promote water conservation in community newsletters, on bulletin boards, and by example. Encourage your friends, neighbors, and co-workers to "be water smart."
• Conserve water because it is the right thing to do - even when someone else is footing the bill, such as when you are staying at a hotel.
• Try to do one thing each day that will result in saving water. Every drop counts!
• Never pour water down the drain when there may be another use for it. Use it to water your indoor plants or garden.
• Make sure your home is leak-free. When you are certain that no water is being used in your home, take a reading of the water meter. Wait 30 minutes and then take a second reading. If the meter reading changes, you have a leak!
• Repair dripping faucets by replacing washers. One drop per second wastes 2,700 gallons of water per year!