Ideostone

Water use

  1. Consider installing meters to different parts of the enterprise to drill down into your water usage more effectively.
  2. Ensure that taps are not left running – in unattended areas consider fitting taps that switch off automatically after a set period or fit taps with motion sensors.
  3. Fit diffusers to taps.
  4. Review water use from the meter reading month on month for abnormalities and investigate them quickly.
  5. Check all water installations for minor leaks. Even a dripping tap can waste a significant quantity of water.
  6. Fit a water displacement device such as a cistern bag or a one litre plastic bottle into every cistern to reduce the amount of water used per flush.
  7. Fit regulated flushes to toilets.
  8. For urinals, fit water saving flushes which operate only after each visit and turn off when the building is unoccupied.
  9. If you have a shower or showers installed, fit low flow heads (except to safety showers).
  10. Harvest rainwater and use it for all non-hygiene-related applications, for watering indoor plants and for external landscaping.
  11. Recycle industrial process water where possible.
  12. If water use is significant, set up a water use and saving committee which should meet regularly to identify further water-saving measures.