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Pledge to Reduce Water Usage by 10% and Enter to Win a New Washer and Dryer

15th July, 2010 - Posted by carsi - No Comments

The city has launched a Water Use Calculator on their website that allows you to see how much water you use daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly. Just enter in how many times you shower a day, how many loads of laundry you do a week, etc., and it’ll calculate how many gallons you’re using. It’s a little surprising, to say the least! You also have the option to pledge to cut down on water usage by 10%. As the website says, if everyone in our area reduced their water use by 10%, we’d save over 13 million gallons of water per day! By pledging to decrease your water usage, you’ll be helping Austin save this precious resource, and you’ll also be entered into a contest to win a new washer and dryer! If you’re running out of ways to cut back on water, here are 50 suggestions on ways to conserve.

Turn off that faucet!
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