Archive for the ‘HomeTips’ Category

• Water conservation means saving

  Date: 2010.01.02 | Category: HomeTips | Response: 0

  Do you want to lower your energy bill? According to the U.S Dept of Energy, on average… water use alone can account for 13% to 17% of a homes utility bill. However when most people think of saving energy they usually think of electricity or natural gas. Unfortunately water conservation is one of the most overlooked approaches to savings at home. LINK: Lower my energy bill

• Our Water == Our World

  Date: 2010.01.01 | Category: Global Water Issues, HealthTips, HomeTips, Local Water Issues | Response: 0

  This website is helpful to consumers in managing home and garden pests in a way that helps protect OUR WATER. Among other things, this site offers an assorted fact sheets on specific pests and methods to manage them without using hazardous materials, a pocket guide to managing 10 common pests, information on where to buysafer alternatives to pesticides, including fungicides and herbicides. and an alphabetized list of suggestged products that are considered safer alternatives to more conventional pesticides.  LINK: our water our world

  Also the site that allows you to ask a specific question and receive a personal reply, from The expert!

• About American Leak Detection

  Date: 2009.12.01 | Category: HomeTips, Water Quality & Management, conservation | Response: 0

  American Leak Detection are specialists, having detected nearly 5 million leaks since 1974 and saving home and business owners billions of dollars in costly repairs. According to teh ALD specialists, accurate leak detection requires a combination of two things:  Specially trained experts and Quality equipment. To learn more and download a special conservation checklist for your home, go to LINK: ALD

• HomeTip: Recycling Water

  Date: 2009.12.01 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, HomeTips | Response: 0

  Recycle the Rain is a how-to site for harvesting rainwater, an alternative form of water conservation which is becoming more and more popular in high precipitation areas of the world. This how-to site offers ideas on catching rainwater & storing rainwater. LINK: Collecting rainwater

• About Save our H20

  Date: 2009.11.21 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, HomeTips, conservation | Response: 0

  Save Our Water is a statewide public education program designed to educate Californians on the state’s water challenges and encourage them to reduce the amount of water they use everyday. LINK: Save our H20

• Watering calculator for the garden

  Date: 2009.11.21 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, HomeTips | Response: 0

  The Watering Calculator is a tool that estimates the correct amount of water to give your landscape or garden every week.  Developed by the city of San Diego, it provides customized watering schedules by zip code based on data from the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) weather station network. To calculate water for your garden go to the LINK: Watering calculator

• HomeTips: mulching your garden can save water

  Date: 2009.11.21 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, HomeTips | Response: 0

  Did you know that by simply using organic mulch around plants to reduce evaporation, one can save hundreds of gallons of water a year. For more information about how to m

  ulch go to LINK: Mulch

• Performing your own home water audit

  Date: 2009.11.17 | Category: HomeTips, Youth Water Education | Response: 0

  Wateruseitwisely.com is sharing how one can save money and water around your home, with the help of a Home Water Audit. See how easy, fun and rewarding it is to become water-wise.LINK: HOME WATER AUDIT

• 100 Ways to Conserve Water

  Date: 2009.11.17 | Category: HomeTips, Youth Water Education | Response: 0

  Wateruseitwisely.com is sharing 100 ways to conserve water. The list includes tips such as when to plant, how to cleaning out your fish tank, and creative ways that you can educate your children about water conservation too. LINK: 100 WAYS TO CONSERVE WATER

• About RésEau

  Date: 2009.11.17 | Category: Canadian, HomeTips, Youth Water Education | Response: 0

  RésEau is a Government On-line demonstration initiative that focuses on water information. RésEau supports clean, safe, and secure water for all Canadians and ecosystems. Specifically, RésEau establishes partnerships and projects to demonstrate the sharing, discovery, access, and use of water information over the Internet.

  The initiative is led by Environment Canada in partnership with Natural Resources Canada and Health Canada. Its user-driven focus targets information for a wide range of generalists and specialists – from high school-level youth to water resource managers.

  RésEau demonstration includes: Search for water information, mapping water information, exploring water topics, watersheds, educational and resource tools. LINK: RésEau Home Page