Saving water at home.

After our home water audits, this is what we learnt:

Brogan 5p
We water our grass too long so we are going to water our grass a shorter period of time.

Paul 4s
At home our water use is not that good. We tend to over use water and I am trying to stop that so it is a lot better than usual.

Anke.F 6L
We save quite a lot of water in my home.
We must try to save a little bit more water where we can.
We can do that by checking if the toilet tank is leaking and by cleaning the driveway with a broom, not with a hosepipe. We will save even more water!

Brenton 5F: I have a constantly dripping in my shower. We are going to call a plumber to come and fix it. We can also have short shower’s instead of each having a long bath.

Gabi 4E
At my house we don’t us a lot of water and that means we don’t waste a lot of water.
When you run a both run hot water first and then cold water by doing this you and your family can save a lot of water.
Madiba 6V
At home, my family and I tend to over use water and we have been trying to use less water.

Michaela O 5F
ª I could check if my toilet tank leaks at least twice a year.
ª My family could have short showers instead of full baths.
ª We can switch off the tap when we are busy brushing our teeth.


ª Nicole 6L
ª Hi every one
ª We had lots of fun with our home water audits and I
ª Learnt that my family uses way too much water. We have a few water saving tips for you to use if there has been no rain water your plants or grass early in the morning or late at night and check your toilet tanks at least twice a year.

ª Ruth 6v
ª We save a lot of water at my home.
ª We must just check our tanks once a year in case there is a leak! Then we will save a lot of water!

Xandria 5T
v We check our toilet tanks and taps for water leaks

Caragh 5P
I have learnt that if you leave a tap on to long it will waste about 3.2L of water so I am going to turn off all taps when brushing my teeth.
Richard 4E
I will make sure my whole family will recycles and does not waste tub water .

Tyler 6H
We don’t waste a lot of water at home because we don’t use a lot of water.
You should put a brick in the toilet tank because the brick takes up water space.
Put food colouring in the toilet tank .If the food colouring is seen in the bowl without flushing there’s a leak.

Brent
Don’t let the taps, baths and showers run for too long and take short showers.

Kirsten 5P
We are going to try to fix our toilet leaks.

Wanya 4N
I think we could have saved a lot of water by lowering our water level in the bath. We also could have saved a lot of water if each person has a shorter showering time.

Nikkita.D.M 5N
We must check to see if any taps are leaking .


Mikayla K 4N

At home before we water our plants we must check our hosepipe for leaks.

Mareli Gr 5

Try to close taps that are open.
We can save many litres of water if we just close a tap.

Laura 6M
We fix our toilet tanks and leaky taps if not working
Everyone in our family switches off the tap while brushing their teeth
Everyone showers less than 5 minutes in our family
The average depth of our bathwater is ½ full
When we wash the dishes we leave the tap off when the water is not needed
Our dishwashing and laundry loads are full
Our lawns are only watered in the morning so we save water and are only water when needed
We only have low-water use plants in our garden
We clean our driveway with a broom and garden hose
We wash our cars with a garden hose with a nozzle turned on and off

Ashley 4D

You can save water by:
· Having a short shower
· Having not such a full bath
· Not water or sprinkle the plants at midday, try to water at the coolest time of day
· Also don’t water them after it has rained

Anke 5T
· Check if water is dripping out of taps and if it is please close it or fix it. This is going to help save 100s of litres.

· Natalie 5N
· My family is going to turn off taps while brushing teeth.
· We are going to take shorter showers or take a shallow bath.
· We are wasting water at some places.

Mrs Louw
At school we are wasting water by:
1. Having a leaking toilet in the girl’s bathroom, it is running all the time.
2. Our sprinklers are watering the grass even when it is a rainy day.
3. The sprinklers outside C block are switched on during the hottest part of the day, instead of early in the morning.
4. The plants between B and C block are not indigenous and so they use much more water to keep them alive.
5. There is bad soil erosion because of the rainwater running down the hill between B and C block.
6. Children often don’t close the taps after they have washed their hands, causing so much water to be wasted.