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Tips to reduce water use….. Install water-saving shower heads or flow restrictors. Saves 500 to 800 gallons per month. Run only full loads in the washing machine and dishwasher. Saves 300 to 800 gallons per month. Turn off the water while brushing your teeth. Saves three gallons each day. Shorten your showers. Even a one or two minute reduction can save up to 700 gallons per month. Don't use your toilet as an ashtray or wastebasket. Saves 400 to 600 gallons per month. Capture tap water. While you wait for hot water to come down the pipes, catch the flow in a watering can to use llater on house plants or your garden. Saves 200 to 300 gallons per month. Keep a bottle of drinking water in the refrigerator. This beats the wasteful habit of running tap water to cool it for drinking. Saves 200 to 300 gallons a month. When washing dishes by hand, use the least amount of detergent possible. This minimizes rinse water needed. Saves 50 to 150 gallons a month. If you wash dishes by hand--and that's the best way--don't leave the water running for rinsing. If you have two sinks, fill one with rinse water. If you only have one sink, use a spray device or short blasts instead of letting the water run. Saves 200 to 500 gallons a month. more....
GE Hybrid / Tankless water heaters Rheem solar tankless water heaters
Toilet Leaksa day without sunshine is like night……….. unknown
High pressure problems
Before you dig - Call 811
never argue with a fool...someone watching may not be able to tell the difference… unknown
Oregon Residential Incentives/Policies for Renewables and Efficiency Rebates for energy upgrades OR energy rebates Energy Trust rebates Oregon residential incentives
anger is only one letter short of danger………...b franklinAfter Hours Water Emergencies: 806-3818 If you are experiencing a domestic water—related emergency, please call 806-3818. An emergency might occur when a leak is causing damage and must be addressed immediately, or a customer has no water. If there is no answer, please call (also listed at 354.1818): Bob — 354.1462 or 490.6026 Mike — 806.2690 Kerry — 354.3504 Fred — 399.3926 Shirley — 354.2891 Paul — 490.2849 All non-emergency situations will be addressed during normal working hours Mon –Fri between 8am and 4:30 pm.
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Odell / Pine Grove Fire Districts If you have any questions please call Odell 354-1648 / Pine Grove 386-2900 / 490-2930 Please display a street address on each house or building in numbers large enough to be visible day or night. Street numbers should also be placed at the beginning of long driveways to assist FIRE and EMS personnel in an emergency. Thank you Greg Borton, Chief
bottled water myths
Myth #1: It’s Cleaner
Unlike tap water, the bottled water industry is not required to disclose the results
of any contaminant testing that it conducts. Instead, they claim that bottled water
is held to the same safety standards as tap water.
Tests at one of the country’s leading water quality laboratories revealed that
10 popular brands of bottled water contained 38 chemical pollutants altogether,
with an average of 8 contaminants in each brand. More than one-third of the chemicals
found are not regulated in bottled water. Samples of two brands were contaminated
with phthalates.
There is also concern with how the water is stored when you carry it with you. Most
people leave their bottle sitting in a hot car, which may allow chemicals like ant
imony to leach from the plastic into the water.
Myth#2: It’s More Affordable
Did you know that bottled water is 240 to 10,000 times more expensive than tap water?
Here we are paying a premium price for bottled water and in most instances, we’re
getting plain tap - or worse!
According to the Times, if you drink only bottled water you’ll spend about $1,400
versus 49 cents for a year’s supply of tap water. Throw in a $300 water filtering
system and a $20 reusable stainless steel bottle and you’re still saving $1080 -
and you’re drinking healthier water too!
Myth #3: It’s More Convenient
There is more to the short-term convenience provided by bottled water, because it
causes long-term problems. Diane of Big Green Purse explains that bottled water
takes its toll on the environment, “At least 3/4 of the millions of plastic water
bottles produced each year are thrown away rather than recycled. Plus, producing
bottled water actually uses more water and is far more energy intensive than providing
the same amount of water to the public via the tap.”
Opting for a reusable water bottle and maintaining a home water filtering system
isn’t as time consuming as you might think. Many of the stainless steel bottles
available today have wide mouth openings making them very easy to clean and can be
tossed in the dishwasher too, eliminating the need for time spent washing by hand. source
i would never die for my beliefs because i might be wrong..... b russell
