American homes consume about 100 gallons of water a day -that's almost 70% more than homes of other industrialized countries. Residential water use makes up 47 percent of the water supplied by U.S. water utilities. We can each become more environmentally friendly, and our plumbing systems are a good place to start. There are lots of ways you can save money and the environment if you just take the time, including some well-known and not-so-well-known ways.
A leaking faucet isn't just annoying, it also costs you money. Fixing it keeps your money from going down the drain. Roughly twelve and a half gallons of a household's water use is attributed to faucet, toilet, and pipe leaks. A dripping faucet can waste up to seventy-four gallons a day, a leaking toilet up to two-hundred gallons a day. A quick repair by you or your plumber now, will save you money in the long run.
Graywater/greywater systems are a safe and easy way to collect and filter the water used by faucets, dishwashers, and washing machines, and then reuse it for non-drinking water purposes. One example would be using this recycled water to water your plants. Graywater systems also keep your soil well irrigated by diverting water to it instead of your local sewage system.
The cheapest, easiest, and most effective modifications to your plumbing system are low-flow additions such as shower heads, toilets, and faucet aerators. These can reduce your home water consumption by up to fifty-percent. Not only that, but what you may not realize is that by reducing your water consumption, you automatically reduce the amount of water that you heat -cutting the energy your hot water heater uses by up to fifty-percent.
Leaky faucets: The steady drip of a leaky tap isn't just annoying, it can really add up. Fixing your leaky faucets is a way to keep water and money from slipping down the drain. The average American household consumes about 90 gallons of water a day. About 12.6 gallons of that is due to faucet, toilet, and pipe leaks. Stopping this ongoing loss is as easy as calling your plumber to fix that chronic leak that you've been putting off. A dripping faucet can waste up to 74 gallons a day, a leaking toilet up to 200 gallons a day. Repair a leaky toilet and you can save 73,000 gallons a year.
When leaky pipes can't be repaired because of too many pinhole leaks or another systemic problem, what can you do? Traditionally the solution has been to replace your plumbing system -to repipe, but that means cutting walls open and tearing out pipes. So not only are you throwing away the old pipes and the drywall that had to be removed to get at them, but then you need to replace them with new pipes and drywall. Manufacturing these new materials has an environmental impact.
CuraFlo's epoxy pipe lining is a "green", or environmentally friendly alternative to repipe. It involves less mess and takes less time than pipe replacement. More often than not epoxy lining is more cost-effective too. Your pipes are epoxy lined through connections to your existing plumbing fixtures and valves, nearly or completely eliminating the need to cut open walls. Your pipes are cleaned out and epoxy is blown through. Your existing pipes are restored to good as new condition with at least another 50 years of service life.
A leaking faucet isn't just annoying, it also costs you money. Fixing it keeps your money from going down the drain. Roughly twelve and a half gallons of a household's water use is attributed to faucet, toilet, and pipe leaks. A dripping faucet can waste up to seventy-four gallons a day, a leaking toilet up to two-hundred gallons a day. A quick repair by you or your plumber now, will save you money in the long run.
Graywater/greywater systems are a safe and easy way to collect and filter the water used by faucets, dishwashers, and washing machines, and then reuse it for non-drinking water purposes. One example would be using this recycled water to water your plants. Graywater systems also keep your soil well irrigated by diverting water to it instead of your local sewage system.
The cheapest, easiest, and most effective modifications to your plumbing system are low-flow additions such as shower heads, toilets, and faucet aerators. These can reduce your home water consumption by up to fifty-percent. Not only that, but what you may not realize is that by reducing your water consumption, you automatically reduce the amount of water that you heat -cutting the energy your hot water heater uses by up to fifty-percent.
Leaky faucets: The steady drip of a leaky tap isn't just annoying, it can really add up. Fixing your leaky faucets is a way to keep water and money from slipping down the drain. The average American household consumes about 90 gallons of water a day. About 12.6 gallons of that is due to faucet, toilet, and pipe leaks. Stopping this ongoing loss is as easy as calling your plumber to fix that chronic leak that you've been putting off. A dripping faucet can waste up to 74 gallons a day, a leaking toilet up to 200 gallons a day. Repair a leaky toilet and you can save 73,000 gallons a year.
When leaky pipes can't be repaired because of too many pinhole leaks or another systemic problem, what can you do? Traditionally the solution has been to replace your plumbing system -to repipe, but that means cutting walls open and tearing out pipes. So not only are you throwing away the old pipes and the drywall that had to be removed to get at them, but then you need to replace them with new pipes and drywall. Manufacturing these new materials has an environmental impact.
CuraFlo's epoxy pipe lining is a "green", or environmentally friendly alternative to repipe. It involves less mess and takes less time than pipe replacement. More often than not epoxy lining is more cost-effective too. Your pipes are epoxy lined through connections to your existing plumbing fixtures and valves, nearly or completely eliminating the need to cut open walls. Your pipes are cleaned out and epoxy is blown through. Your existing pipes are restored to good as new condition with at least another 50 years of service life.
About the Author:
Brian LeMaire is President of CuraFlo and has been in the copper pipe repair industry since 1981. He is a qualified Journeyman plumber in all of Canada as well as a State registered plumbing contractor in Ohio. Find out more about fixing Low Water Pressure at curaflo, or ask questions about pipe repair at the Pipe Problems blog
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