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This document provides tips for saving water in Rome during periods of drought from March to July 2017. It recommends fixing leaks immediately, turning off the tap while brushing teeth to save 6 liters per minute, doing full dish loads instead of constant running water, taking showers over baths to save 62 liters, and harvesting rainwater with barrels for gardens.

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Save Water

This document provides tips for saving water in Rome during periods of drought from March to July 2017. It recommends fixing leaks immediately, turning off the tap while brushing teeth to save 6 liters per minute, doing full dish loads instead of constant running water, taking showers over baths to save 62 liters, and harvesting rainwater with barrels for gardens.

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TIPS FOR

SAVING WATER
IN ROME MARCH-MAY 2017 JUNE-JULY 2017

56% 73%
LESS RAIN LESS RAIN

STOP LEAKS IMMEDIATELY! SAVE WATER WHILE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH

Report leaking or burst pipes to: Turn off the tap to save up to

6
FAO ext. (at work)

53109
ACEA (Rome area)

800-130335 litres of water per minute.

Get leaky taps, hoses or showerheads fixed promptly. Source: Eden project

SAVE WATER WHILE WASHING DISHES SAVE WATER WHILE COOKING

15 litres 75 litres Wash fruit and vegetables in a pan


of water, not under a running tap.

Defrost food in the fridge instead of


A+++
using water.

When boiling food, use just enough


water to cover food.
Don’t have a dishwasher? Scrape off your dirty dishes,
fill up your sink with water, and wash the dishes all at once.
Source: Care2

HAVE A SHOWER INSTEAD OF A BATH SAVE WATER WHILE FILLING YOUR GLASS

62 litres* 80 litres Is it hot outside?


Don’t keep the tap running until water
gets cold. Fill up a water bottle and
keep it in the fridge.

*eight-minute shower
Source: Waterwise

INSTALL A RAIN BARREL USE LESS ELECTRICITY

Rainwater harvesting is a great Surprised?


way to keep plants in your Power plants use thousands of litres of
garden hydrated. Water your water for cooling. By saving electricity,
plants in the morning or evening. you save water as well!

TIPS FOR SAVING WATER STOP LEAKS IMMEDIATELY! SAVE WATER WHILE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH SAVE WATER WHILE WASHING DISHES SAVE W

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