Water is a precious resource that is not as abundant as it seems. Using water, especially hot water, contributes to climate change through increased energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. It is important to conserve water to avoid waste, especially during droughts, as demand for water is expected to increase significantly in the coming years while household water usage has risen 50% in the past 25 years.

1. SAVE WATER
Save Water
Find out why we should all make the effort to save water whenever we can.
Why we should save water
Water is a precious resource. We should always use it wisely because it's not as abundant as you
might think.
Using water, especially hot water, uses energy and increases emissions of greenhouse
gases which contributes to climate change. During a drought it's even more important to make
sure that water is not wasted.
Did you know?
The average person in England and Wales uses 150 litres of water a day. By 2020 the
demand for water could increase by 800 million extra litres of water a day.
Most of this water is used for washing and toilet flushing, but it also includes drinking,
cooking, car washing and watering the garden. We use almost 50 per cent more water
than 25 years ago, partly because of power showers and household appliances.
Using water in our homes contributes around 35 million tonnes of greenhouse gases a
year. The average family uses 500 litres of water a day (due to some communal use of
appliances). That’s equal to 1.5 tonnes of greenhouse gases a year.
Future Water, the Government’s water strategy for England, outlines a vision for the
average person to reduce the water they use by 20 litres per day to 130 litres a day: