Conserve Water and Energy This Fall

Water conservation is a serious matter, but did you know that water and energy conservation are closely related?  Think of ways you can save water.  You can set a timer on your shower and reuse your towel.  Reusing your towel  saves the additional water to wash it, but it also saves you energy.  If you examine the clothes you’ve worn at the end of the day and rewash only what is needed, again you save water and energy.  Want some other ideas?  Eat healthier!  Processed food consumes much more water to produce than does locally grown food, and it requires not only more energy to produce it but the energy to transport it as well.  When packing a lunch, use reusable water bottles and food containers.  Sure you have to wash them, but you are still conserving.  To make one pound of plastic requires approximately 24 gallons of water.  Look around your home this fall as you send your kids back to school and think of ways you can conserve water and energy!