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The price of health, hygiene and convenience

Dave Gaylinn posted on 8/14/2020 10:42:00 AM
The price of health, hygiene and convenience
When you factor in all its health and hygiene benefits, water becomes a bargain. But there is a price to pay for the convenience of having that water flow from your faucets, showerheads and toilets on demand, every time you need it.
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| Categories: | Tags: water, rates, conservation, Plain Talk, Buried No Longer, maintenance, customers, affordability | View Count: (1192) | Bookmark and Share
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Change your showerhead, change your water bill

Dave Gaylinn posted on 8/6/2020 2:10:00 PM
Change your showerhead, change your water bill
Switching your showerhead and lead to huge savings of water and money.
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| Categories: | Tags: shower, water, efficient, saving, saving, conservation, clean technica, hygiene, fixtures | View Count: (2064) | Bookmark and Share
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A water wise car wash

Dave Gaylinn posted on 6/12/2020 10:41:00 AM
A water wise car wash
Would using an automatic car wash use more or less water than washing it at home?
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| Categories: | Tags: car, wash, water, efficient, conservation, automatic, manual, hose, nozzle, downstream, pollutant | View Count: (2046) | Bookmark and Share
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Saving money while staying home

Dave Gaylinn posted on 5/6/2020 6:47:00 PM
Saving money while staying home
One of the outcomes of staying home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus is leaning on your home's utilities more than before. Fortunately, your tap water is clean and safe to use, including for handwashing, which is even more important these days.
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| Categories: | Tags: conservation, indoor, outdoor, inside, outside, kitchen, CNET, bathroom, laundry, irrigation, rainfall | View Count: (2533) | Bookmark and Share
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How to cut your grass and your water bill

Dave Gaylinn posted on 3/10/2020 8:45:00 AM
How to cut your grass and your water bill
Transforming your landscape could be the gift that keeps giving.
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| Categories: | Tags: spring, conservation, irrigation, watering, landscape, xeriscape, AWS, water science | View Count: (1409) | Bookmark and Share
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Think about water conservation while you’re gobbling

Dave Gaylinn posted on 11/22/2019 1:08:00 PM
Think about water conservation while you’re gobbling
An water footprint analysis of an average Thanksgiving feast.
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| Categories: | Tags: conservation, thanksgiving, holiday, meal, footprint, turkey, efficient | View Count: (3335) | Bookmark and Share
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Changing the World One Drop at a Time

Dave Gaylinn posted on 10/21/2019 8:50:00 AM
Changing the World One Drop at a Time
Changing the world may seem like a daunting task but it really isn’t if you look at the cumulative impact that small, achievable lifestyle changes can have.
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| Categories: | Tags: conservation, Colgate, everydropcounts, United Nations, UN, RunningDry | View Count: (1440) | Bookmark and Share
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Time to turn off your hose

Dave Gaylinn posted on 10/15/2019 2:48:00 PM
Time to turn off your hose
When the temperature dips, it is time to shut irrigation systems off.
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| Categories: | Tags: irrigation, conservation, landscape, pipe | View Count: (1763) | Bookmark and Share
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What lies beneath the ocean

Dave Gaylinn posted on 7/15/2019 8:18:00 AM
What lies beneath the ocean
The discovery of a new aquifer is balanced by the news that a city in India is in danger of running out of water.
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| Categories: | Tags: aquifer, conservation, value of water, value water, freshwater | View Count: (1325) | Bookmark and Share
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Keeping our aquifers fully charged

Dave Gaylinn posted on 4/25/2019 1:51:00 PM
Keeping our aquifers fully charged
Many of our aquifers are depleting, but there are steps we can take to keep them fully charged
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| Categories: | Tags: groundwater, aquifer, conservation, OWCAP | View Count: (1478) | Bookmark and Share
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