Did you know, an average bath consumes 80 litres of water per use, while a shower uses only 46 litres per use?
Top tips on how you can save on your water consumption
By being conscious of your everyday habits and mindful of your water consumption, you can help save water.
- Reduce shower time: Try spending 60 seconds less in the shower. This could save up to 15 litres of water!
- Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth. Did you know if you leave the tap running you could waste up to 12 litres of water?
- Fill up a jug of drinking water and keep it in the fridge. This way you will always have cold drinking water to hand without wasting water waiting for the tap to run cold.
- Eat fewer water dense foods such as avocados, meat and dairy.
- Wash your clothes with a full machine rather than half.
- Whilst waiting for your hot water to run, collect the cold and use it to water plants.
- Use just enough water to submerge your food when boiling potatoes, pasta or other foodstuffs – this will save water and energy.
- Use the sink or a washing up bowl when washing up instead of washing your plates and cutlery under a running tap.
Redrow difference
If you want to make it even easier to save water every day, opt for a new home, opt for a water efficient one!
Redrow’s standard specification includes low-flush toilets, low flow taps, low flow showers and lower capacity baths.
Our standard specification delivers a design which outperforms the minimum standard by 16%, which saves an extra 20 litres per person per day.
Learn more below about what makes a new Redrow energy efficient and the difference between our Eco Now and Eco Electric homes.
