It is as important to look after the water on the outside of your home as it is to look after the water on the inside. There are many areas on the outside of your home that could be responsible for water wastage as well as for unhygienic water coming into your home via the inside taps.
If you have a hosepipe connected to an outside tap and there is no non-return valve attached, a sudden reduction in mains pressure could result in contaminated water being sucked back through the hosepipe into your inside taps. It is also important that you never place a hosepipe into garden ponds, drains or any receptacle that contains fertilising chemicals.
In order to save water when using a hosepipe, ensure that it is fitted with a self-closing flow control such as a trigger spray gun and never just leave the hose on and laying about to water the garden; make sure that you always hand-hold your hose when watering to ensure that you do not over-water and that you actually water the garden and not the paving.
Make sure that any type of chemical spillage such as an oil spill from a car is cleaned up immediately as it can otherwise seep into the ground and from there it could contaminate the soil beneath and even the plastic mains water pipe that feeds your property, contaminating all your water.
Use a bucket not a hose to wash your car, and water your garden in the early morning or later in the afternoon when there is less chance of evaporation.
Make sure that all of the taps in your home and outside are drip-free and that all your water pipes are leak-free. Replace washers on dripping taps and replace leaking pipes or get a plumber in to do the job for you. A dripping tap can waste hundreds of litres of water every day, and a leaking water pipe can waste thousands of litres. Water is precious; do not just let it run down the drain.
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