Global warming, changing climatic patterns and a burgeoning population is causing droughts and floods where there were none before, and communities are struggling to deal with them, especially the droughts, as clean drinking water is essential to human, animal and plant life.
It is therefore essential that we all save as much water as possible, especially during a drought to ensure that there is sufficient water for the basics such as drinking water and personal hygiene.
How to Save Water during a Drought
There are various ways of saving water, and this should not only be done in a drought, but should actually become a way of life for us all. We should strive to continuously reuse, recycle and save water where possible every day.
Some of the easiest methods of doing this are to:
- Reuse your dishwashing water by using it to water your garden instead of allowing it to just run down the drain;
- Shower instead of bathing;
- Take shorter showers;
- Do not let the tap run when brushing your teeth;
- Do not flush the toilet if not really necessary, and put a brick in the cistern so that each flush uses less water;
- Reroute the rainwater from your gutters in the winter into water tanks that you can then use to water your garden in the summer
We all love our gardens, but those lovely verdant lawns that we love so much are water guzzlers and will account for around 50% of home water use.
One of the best ways to save water is to rethink your garden. It is estimated that you can save 50% to 75 % of your domestic water usage by changing a few things like the type of flowers growing in your garden and minimising the amount of lawn.
Save water in your garden by:
- Replacing some of your lawn with groundcover that does not require as much watering;
- Create a Zen-like area using rocks, sand and seashells;
- Replace thirsty plants and flowers with native plants that are used to the climatic conditions and require little or no watering to thrive;
- Plant drought-tolerant grasses and shrubs such as sage, lavender, kangaroo paw, and tea tree;
- Install a drip irrigation system that drips a few gallons a month to the plant roots;
- Opt for desert plants such as succulents and cacti
As you can see, it is not difficult to save water, so make it a way of life and not just something to do when there is a water shortage due to a drought.
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