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Make Changes Around Your Home

While water use at home is a smaller source of point pollution than larger industrial and agricultural sectors, practicing water conservation at home can ease pollution to local watersheds, rivers, and beaches. Every bit we do will counts in the short and long term. Plus, imagine all you’ll learn from practicing water conservation in and around the home which can also be applied to your jobsite.

What you can do:

:arrow: During storms, delay activities that require a lot of water, such as laundry or washing dishes.

For example automatic lawn sprinkling systems can sometimes will continuing to water lawns, even while it’s raining! When this water leaves your home or lawn it can enter the sewer system and contribute even more to an already burdened system. This extra water increases the chances that untreated sewage will be released to a river, lake, or stream.

:arrow: Keep your septic system in proper working order.

:arrow: Have your septic system pumped out annually and inspected regularly. An overloaded or broken septic system can leak sewage into the surrounding ground and water.

:arrow: Eliminate or minimize your use of manure as fertilizer on gardens and lawns.

:arrow: During rainfalls, these wastes can get washed into local sewers. Try using composted food waste from home recycling as a fertilizer for gardens.