9 Things You Can Do to Save Water

Use these guidelines to see how many gallons you can conserve each year.

Turn Off the Faucet While Brushing Your Teeth

Why it’s worth the effort: Brushing your teeth seems like a quick job, but before you know it, four gallons of water may have slipped down the sink.
 Your one-year effect: 2,880 gallons of water saved.
 The effect if everyone in the U.S. did it for one year: More than four times the Mississippi River’s annual flow of water.
 
 

Bring Your Water With You

Why it’s worth the effort: Buying a daily bottle of water may quench your thirst, but it parches the planet. Each one-liter plastic bottle takes seven liters of water to produce. Refilling your own bottle directs the water where it’s needed―into your body.
 Your one-year effect: 577 gallons of water saved.
 The effect if everyone in the U.S. did it for one year: Equal to the amount of water that would cover Washington, D.C., by 52 feet.