
With the current national emphasis on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, we must not overlook the other resource we use daily: water.
Learn more about rainwater harvesting and its benefits, the various uses of rainwater, how much rainwater you can collect, how you can create your own rainwater catchment system, about the variety of storage tanks available, and about the mistakes to avoid when implementing a rainwater collection system.
Find out about graywater, why graywater reuse is good for the environment and how to make a graywater reuse system for your home.
Learn more about how water naturally interacts with your site and how to take advantage of the opportunities to create conservation, etc.
Learn about the need for water conservation
Browse our list of water conservation tips
Keep an eye on the drought situation in the US
Learn about how our landscaping decisions is one of the most influential decision in terms of the amount of water we use.
Find out more about landscaping and irrigation system decisions that help produce beautiful landscapes while reducing the amount of water used.
The following graph shows the gains that has been achieved with our indoor water fixtures through the combination of governmental standards and innovation by fixture companies. As you can see, we don't have much more room to go in terms of achieving more efficiency gains with our indoor fixtures. What's next... the 0.2 gallon per flush toilet? Probably not!
This phenomenom is known as the law of diminishing returns. So where will the next revolution in water conservation take place? Well hopefully we have identified the areas where this revolution will take place.