How many people live in your home?
How many toilets in your home were manufactured before 1994?
Tip: Switching to a WaterSense labeled toilet can save 11 gallons/day, 4,000 gallons/year. Look for water rebates here.
How many toilets in your home were manufactured after 1994 and are not WaterSense labeled (1.28g/flush)?
Tip: Switching to a WaterSense labeled toilet can save 11 gallons/day, 4,000 gallons/year. Look for water rebates here.
How many toilets in your home are WaterSense labeled, or use 1.28g per flush or less?
How many toilets leak or get stuck requiring you to jiggle the handle to stop?
Tip: Leaky toilets can lose 10,000 gallons/month. Replace the toilet flapper if needed, or replace toilet using an El Paso Water rebate here.
Do your sink faucets have a water-reducing, low-flow faucet aerator?
Tip: 0.5gpm aerators are inexpensive, or available for free at the TecH2O Center, 10751 Montana, and can reduce water consumption by more than half.
How many showers does each person take in one week, on average?
Have you installed WaterSense-labeled (low-flow) showerheads?
Tip: 1.5 gpm showerheads can be inexpensive, and are available for free at the TecH2O Center, 10751 Montana. Changing your showerhead can reduce bathing consumption by more than half.
How many baths does each person take in one week, on average?
Do you wash clothes by hand or use a washer?
What type of washer do you use?
Tip: Washing clothes with a high efficiency washer can reduce laundry water use by 1/3. Look for water rebates here.
How many loads are done per week?
Do you wash dishes by hand or use a dishwasher?
Tip: Using a high efficiency dishwasher can reduce dish water use substantially. Look for water rebates here.
Do you have a High Efficient Energy Star Dishwasher manufactured after 2006?
Tip: Using a high efficiency dishwasher can reduce dish water use substantially. Look for water rebates here.
How many times a week do you run the dishwasher?
Do you have a swamp cooler or refrigerated air?
Tip: Swamp coolers use more water (but can use less energy); convert to an air cooled refrigeration system for substantial water savings during the summer months.
Do you water outdoor plants using water from the city system?
Do you use an irrigation timer/controller?
Tip: Watering by hand can be very efficient; be sure to always attend running water, and/or attach timers to hoses to control length of flow.
Does your automatic irrigation system have an override shut-off device such as a rain sensor?
Tip: Apply to epwater.org/residential/rebates for a rain sensor or smart timer rebate.
Does your automatic irrigation system have a weather or moisture-based irrigation controller (also known as a "smart" controller)?
Tip: Weather or moisture-sensing irrigation controllers can reduce water application by 30% or more. Apply here for a rain sensor or smart timer rebate. WaterSense-labeled Timers water based on actual plant needs and change based on the weather.
What size is your irrigated lawn/grass area, in square feet?
Tip: Consider grass removal and replacement with other plantings (trees/shrubs) if the grass does not serve a function (e.g. as a play area, dog run, etc.).
How many shrubs do you have?
What percentage of these shrubs are low water use or native?
Tip: Native and low water use plants use much less water than traditional plants; visit www.elpasodesertblooms.org to find plants that fit this description.
How are your shrubs irrigated?
Tip: The most efficient type of irrigation is drip irrigation, since it is pressure regulated and all emitters flow evenly. Consider changing bubbler heads to drip irrigation manifolds with distribution tubing to plants.
Tip: The most efficient type of irrigation is drip irrigation, since it is pressure regulated and all emitters flow evenly. Consider changing spray heads to drip irrigation manifolds with distribution tubing to plants.
How many trees do you have?
Tip: Trees planted on the south or west side of the home conserve energy, and result in lower water use by the power grid.
What percentage of these trees are low water use or native?
Tip: Native and low water use plants use much less water than traditional plants; visit www.elpasodesertblooms.org to find plants that fit this description.
How are your trees irrigated?
Tip: The most efficient type of irrigation is drip irrigation, since it is pressure regulated and all emitters flow evenly. Consider changing bubbler heads to drip irrigation manifolds with distribution tubing to plants.
Tip: The most efficient type of irrigation is drip irrigation, since it is pressure regulated and all emitters flow evenly. Consider changing spray heads to drip irrigation manifolds with distribution tubing to plants.
How many square feet is your vegetable garden or flower bed (include pots), if you have them? (Enter "0" if you do not.)
How many square feet is the exposed surface of your swimming pool and/or jacuzzi, if you have them? (Enter "0" if you do not.)
Tip: Cover swimming pools to prevent evaporation and reduce heating and chemical costs. Apply for partial rebate here.
Do you have any outdoor leaks, or a dripping faucet?
Tip: Visit epwater.org's conservation page for help identifying leaks. For large leaks, contact EPWater's Customer Service department at 915.594.5500.
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For more information on conservation, contact the Water Conservation Department at [email protected] or call 915.594.5508