Water Saving Tips - Conservation Ideas - Kitchen
Author: Ibrahim Saeed
The kitchen is where over 10% of your total household water use occurs. With these invaluable water saving tips and conservation ideas, you can reduce your water use significantly in your kitchen without sacrificing you and your family's comfort.
Whether you're boiling and preparing food, washing dishes or getting a glass to drink, the kitchen in many ways seems to be unavoidable. It's no wonder that a significant amount of indoor water use occurs in most American kitchens. Since conserving water means saving money (as well as a precious resource), every home can benefit from these kitchen water saving tips and conservation ideas.
Kitchen Sinks
If you have leaky kitchen faucets, repair them immediately. Most times all that's needed is a replacement washer and a wrench. Even the smallest leaks can have a very negative effect on your water bills.
Install low flow water saving faucet aerators. They effortlessly and significantly reduce faucet flow rates, and there incredibly inexpensive. On average they cost a few bucks each and anyone can install them in seconds.
Washing Dishes
Consider using your automatic dishwasher sparingly. Instead if possible wash dishes by hand by filling up one side of the sink with washing water and the other side of the sink with rinsing water.
When using your automatic dishwasher, wash only full loads if possible. And consider manually soaking your dishes (do not pre rinse) before even placing them in the automatic dishwasher. This allows you to use shorter cleaning cycles that use less water and less energy.
Consider installing an electric point of use or tankless water heater near your sink. With a small sized tankless water heater in your kitchen you will never have to run the water and wait for it to heat up.
Preparing Food
Avoid defrosting or thawing foods with hot or warm running water. Instead defrost your frozen foods in the fresh food compartment of your refrigerator.
Rinse your fruits and vegetables in a small sized designated pot, instead of running water from the tap.
When boiling water for specific foods, attempt to match the pots with the foods bring boiled. This is especially true when boiling eggs and preparing spaghetti.
Also when boiling foods, use steamers and cover all pots with their proper lids. This not only allows for less water to be used, it also speeds up the cooking process which saves on either natural gas or electricity as well.
Water use can be overlooked even by conservation minded homeowners. Visit http://www.lower-my-energybill.com/water-saving-tips.html for many other water saving tips and conservation ideas.
Visit http://www.lower-my-energybill.com for your complete home energy savings guide.
The kitchen is where over 10% of your total household water use occurs. With these invaluable water saving tips and conservation ideas, you can reduce your water use significantly in your kitchen without sacrificing you and your family's comfort.
Whether you're boiling and preparing food, washing dishes or getting a glass to drink, the kitchen in many ways seems to be unavoidable. It's no wonder that a significant amount of indoor water use occurs in most American kitchens. Since conserving water means saving money (as well as a precious resource), every home can benefit from these kitchen water saving tips and conservation ideas.
Kitchen Sinks
If you have leaky kitchen faucets, repair them immediately. Most times all that's needed is a replacement washer and a wrench. Even the smallest leaks can have a very negative effect on your water bills.
Install low flow water saving faucet aerators. They effortlessly and significantly reduce faucet flow rates, and there incredibly inexpensive. On average they cost a few bucks each and anyone can install them in seconds.
Washing Dishes
Consider using your automatic dishwasher sparingly. Instead if possible wash dishes by hand by filling up one side of the sink with washing water and the other side of the sink with rinsing water.
When using your automatic dishwasher, wash only full loads if possible. And consider manually soaking your dishes (do not pre rinse) before even placing them in the automatic dishwasher. This allows you to use shorter cleaning cycles that use less water and less energy.
Consider installing an electric point of use or tankless water heater near your sink. With a small sized tankless water heater in your kitchen you will never have to run the water and wait for it to heat up.
Preparing Food
Avoid defrosting or thawing foods with hot or warm running water. Instead defrost your frozen foods in the fresh food compartment of your refrigerator.
Rinse your fruits and vegetables in a small sized designated pot, instead of running water from the tap.
When boiling water for specific foods, attempt to match the pots with the foods bring boiled. This is especially true when boiling eggs and preparing spaghetti.
Also when boiling foods, use steamers and cover all pots with their proper lids. This not only allows for less water to be used, it also speeds up the cooking process which saves on either natural gas or electricity as well.
Water use can be overlooked even by conservation minded homeowners. Visit http://www.lower-my-energybill.com/water-saving-tips.html for many other water saving tips and conservation ideas.
Visit http://www.lower-my-energybill.com for your complete home energy savings guide.
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