Shower with a Friend
Want to save water? Take a look at what’s in your bathroom. Showerheads installed before 1992 can pump as much as eight gallons of water per minute. New low flow showerheads are inexpensive, emit less than two gallons of water per minute and easy to swap out. But habits can save water quicker than hardware. […]
Save Water Where It Matters
Did you ever stop to ponder the ridiculousness of self-flushing toilets? Conventional toilets use two gallons of water every time they flush—think about how much is wasted when those automated versions malfunction. But you can do your part to conserve water at home by installing low-flush toilets whenever possible. And when you’re faced with an […]
Fight Fracking
During natural-gas drilling known as “fracking,” chemicals, water and sand are injected into the earth in order to create enough pressure to crack open rocks and release oil or natural gas. The nearly 600 chemicals used in fracking include known carcinogens such as benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylene, among others, which can leach into […]
