Regardless of whether you own your own home or rent an apartment, a number of gadgets in your bathroom waste water.  If you follow these simple tips, you can save well over 100 gallons of water each week without sacrificing personal comfort.  Aside from lowering water and electric bills, you are also sure to enjoy knowing that you are making some progress when it comes to water conservation.

Multi-setting and Water Saving Shower Heads

Even  though you may already turn the water off during soaping and shampooing, non-aerating shower heads still waste hundreds of gallons of water each time you shower.  Today, you can find inexpensive shower heads that have multiple spray settings.  Aside from helping you save water, you can easily enjoy using just the right amount of water for your personal needs.   When shopping for this type of shower head, you should make sure that you know how much water is dispensed each minute for each stetting.  This will make it easier to compare the amount of water used by a shower head that has only one setting.

Saving Water When You Shave

If your morning hygiene routine involves shaving, then you can save a good bit of water by placing rinse water in a bowl instead of simply running the razor under the faucet.   Alternatively, it may be to your advantage to purchase an electric shaver.  When combined with a solar powered recharger, you will be able to save electricity as well as reduce the amount of water required for your daily shave.

Conserved Water and Your Toilet

Interestingly enough, there are dozens of ways to reduce the amount of water used by the toilet.  Some of the most popular include:

• Use a bin to wash dishes, and then transfer the water to a pail for use in the toilet.  This is ideal for individuals that are trying to save water by not flushing after urination.
• Collect cold water in the shower in a pail, and then set it aside for flushing the toilet, or watering plants.
• Add food coloring tablets to the water tank and then see if the water in the bowl changes color. If you notice a color change, then there is most likely a leak in the tank.  Fixing that leak can save hundreds of gallons of water each month.
• Liquids such as water are easily displaced by solids.  Therefore, when you place a plastic bag filled with gravel in the tank, it will hold less water.  This, in turn, means that less water will be released during each flush.  In most cases, you can save as much as 2 – 3 gallons per flush without sacrificing cleanliness.

No matter whether you want to save money on your utility bills, or you are concerned about vanishing potable water supplies, there are plenty of things you can do to achieve your goal. In fact if you start out by targeting the bathroom,  you will notice a significant savings in a very short period of time.  Once you start working with these suggestions, you are sure to come up with dozens of other ways to further your water conservation efforts.