Really Pleased With Our Water Usage

Jun 29, 2009 Going Green

Let’s face it. I’m normally not that excited to get my water bill… any bill really. Where’s the fun in that?

But with all our efforts to conserve water around here, I was really excited to get our bill over the weekend.

We used just 16 units of water for this two month period. That’s down from 19 units for the same time frame last year. Pretty good, especially considering that average residential usage in our area I’ve seen quoted as 30 units per month.

I won’t say our lawn is thanking us for our efforts, but that’s been done in as much by gophers as by lack of water, I think. We have one really pretty weed with purple flowers that I hope continues to spread.

The garden, which I will truly miss when we move, has been one of our big outdoor water changes. The ugly watering solution really seems to be helping us cut down on how much water that needs.

Overall, I hope we can do so well wherever we end up living when we move. I just had to share my delight at seeing how well we’re doing, though.

Related posts:

1. Are You Being Water Wise?
2. Tweaking My Clothesline Usage
3. The Need for Clean Water – Blog Action Day 2010
4. Cloth Diapers vs. Water Use Reduction
5. With Gas Prices Going Up, It’s Time to Cut Your Usage Down

Tags: conservation, saving water, water, water shortage