It’s the third week of being quarantined at home in India. Summer is already here and people are getting restless while staying at home all the time. We tend to use a lot of water during the hot days in summer. On top of that, we have all become health conscious right now due to coronavirus. And every member of the family is at home which means water is getting spent more than normal. All of these factors can lead to only one conclusion. You might be refilling your domestic water storage tank, again and again, leading to water wastage more than normal. So how to make sure that we won’t do that? What steps can we take to save water as much as possible? Here are some ways that will help not only you but your whole family to save water.

Don’t refill the tank more than once. One of the easiest ways to make sure that you are not using water more than necessary is not refilling the tank. Knowing the size and capacity of your domestic water storage tank, use it accordingly. Understandably, your tank will get empty more than normal as everyone in your family is at home right now. But that doesn’t mean, you will refill it 3-4 times a day.

Do you have kids at home? Then, now is a good time to teach them the proper usage of water. Don’t let them play with water unnecessarily. We understand in summer it can seem unbearable, but playing with water will not only be a wastage but they might also fall sick.

Do not panic and take showers or wash your hands 20 times a day. You are not going out right now. So, there is no way for you to get infected, which means there is no need for you to disinfecting yourself and washing your hands too many times. You only need to disinfect if you go out to buy necessities or for any other emergency purposes.

Instead of taking baths or showers, use buckets. Did you know that while taking a bath we tend to use 40-50 gallons of water and while taking a shower, we use 17-20 gallons of water? So, if there are 4-5 members in your family and everyone takes a shower or use the bath, it will automatically empty half of the water in your domestic water storage tank. We are not even going to count the number of times every member of your family is showering in a day. So, to ensure you don’t waste water use only a bucket of water to take a bath.

After all, none of us knows what kind of future we are going to have. So, it is better to be conscious of the wastage we are making every day. Whether it’s water, food or money. Saving all of them seems to be the best choice right now.

So, stay home, stay safe and don’t waste water!!