Thursday, March 10, 2011

Kanaans Water Conservation Action Plan #7!

7) WATER YOUR LAWN EARLY IN THE MORNING OR IN THE EVENING WHEN THE SUN IS NOT VERY BRIGHT!!! Doing this will help conserve so that when you water your lawn the water will be absorbed and not evaporate under the heat of the sun!

Kanaans Water Conservation action Plan #6!

6) LEAVE BUCKETS OR A BARREL IN YOUR YARD TO CATCH RAIN WATER AND USE IT LATER TO WATER GRASS AND PLANTS!!! (GREAT IDEA HUH?!)

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Take a break and watch this video! :)

Here is a cool video on ways to help conserve water! Enjoy!

Kanaans Water Conservation Action Plan #5!

5) TAKE SHORTER SHOWERS!!! A minimum of 2.5 gallons of water per minute is wasted during a shower, this means that you use approximately 25 gallons of water when taking a 10 minute shower! TRY TO CUT IT DOWN TO at least 5 MINUTES!!!! You will save 12.5 gallons of water!

Kanaans Water Conservation Action Plan #4!

4) ONLY WASH FULL LOADS OF CLOTHES IN THE WASHING MACHINE!!! This can save you up to 1000 gallons of water per month!!!

Kanaans Water Conservation Action Plan #3!

3) TURN OFF THE FAUCET WHILE BRUSHING YOUR TEETH!!! It's easy! JUST DO IT!

Kanaans Water Conservation Action Plan #2!

2) HAVE YOUR PARENTS INSTALL A WATER SAVING SHOWER HEAD!!!  There are different water saving shower heads that your parents can find that can save your family thousands of gallons of water a month!

Kanaans Water Conservation Action Plan #1!

1) DON'T USE THE TOILET AS A WASTEBASKET!!! Every time we use the toilet as a wastebasket to throw away something like a tissue we waste 5 to 7 gallons of water! Just throw it in the trash can!

Water around the house!

This is a game that shows you how to save water around your house! Here's the link Water conservation game!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

How many Gallons of water does YOUR family consume???

Here is a link to a Water consumption Calculator... You might be surprised to see how many gallons of water your family actually uses! water consumption calculator!

My Class Water Usage!


This is a chart that I made showing how much water me and my classmates used in one week! Altogether we :
  • Washed our hands about 105 times!
  • Showered about 78 times!
  • (Moms) Washed dishes about 54 times!
  • Did the laundry about 62 times!
  • Flushed the toilet about 89 times!
  • Brushed our teeth about 210 times!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Me and my classmates talk about our water usage!


These are just a few pictures showing my classmates water usage charts. We use A LOT of water!!!