Water Wise

Use water wisely and save money as well. Every drop you save counts :)
These top tips are easy to practice!
1. Run your dishwasher or washing machine only when it is full.
2. Wash your vegetables and fruits in a bowl of water instead of under running tap. The bowl of water may also be used to water your houseplants after.
3. Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth, washing your face, doing the dishes, etc to prevent wastage of water unnecessary.
4. Avoid running your tap at full blast; only turn on enough to minimize the flow of water to complete the tasks at hand.
5. Don't wash your car daily....and when you do wash your car, use a bucket instead of running hose.
6. Check for water leakage from your taps.
7. Water your lawn and garden in the morning or evening when temperatures are cooler to minimize evaporation. Better yet, use recycle water from washing for watering your plants.
8. Shorten your shower to under 5 minutes.
9. Use one glass for your drinking water each day or refill a water bottle. This will cut down on the number of glasses to wash, thus saving water!
10. Stop throwing away so many batteries. The mercury in old batteries will eventually leak out and poison the water it runs into. What can you do? Buy rechargeable alkaline batteries. They can be charged 25 times. That means 25 batteries you didn't have to buy and throw away.

SHARE WATER CONSERVATION TIPS WITH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS!
More tips from these websites:
https://watersavingtips.org/
https://wateruseitwisely.com/100-ways-to-conserve/

Water Supply in Selangor

We are told we live in a dying world and that we need to be environmental friendly so that we can sustain this world for our future generation. But how many of us in the billions of population take note of this? It is a sad case indeed. 

In Malaysia, first of all I like to address the issue of water running out, especially in the state of Selangor (purportedly the water supply may only last between 2014 and 2019).  The federal government is pushing for a new water plant in another state to transport water to Selangor, but this would be costing us taxpayers much much ringgits. I believe a conserve water policy would be more efficient. The public needs to be educated in how to conserve water in our daily usage. How many of us are guilty of doing our laundry in a half load drum, turning the tap full blast and leaving it on just to brush our teeth, wash our hands or dishes, showering and taking a bath for longer than necessary, washing the car, driveways?.....and the list goes on. 

Stop and take a moment to think how we can conserve water - don't wait till we are out of water and it becomes too late to do anything. More on "how to" tomorrow....meanwhile, I hope you, my readers will realise the importance of this and play your part in saving water :)