Saving - water

In a sustainable house used water can still have another life.

As an example, creating a double evacuation system with sewage and gray water, we can use this gray water for the irrigation of gardens (the gray water with a high level of phosphates operate as a fertilizer for plants, although since it may contain a low level of bacteria is recommended its use within the first 24 hours of their generation and underground drip irrigation as about 15cm) and even if you do not have access to the Sewage General Network, this can be treated by aerobic or anaerobic digestion getting a high-quality organic fertilizer. (It's important that this double network permits in a timely manner divert gray water to the sewage mainly in the toilet and kitchen sinks) (if it is used to recharge toilet cistern, it would need the install of an automatic chlorination system - alternative uses are preferable to avoid adding more chemicals to water)

Likewise storm water (rain) is used either to keep it for later use or to send it to the subsurface in order to maintain and increase the volume of groundwater, decreasing the rate of groundwater pollution caused by chemical fertilizers and insecticides used mainly in agriculture.

Ask for a sustainable construction for a healthier environment.

In any case, whatever your home design is, you may want to save on heating and cooling by:

• Use reducing flow faucets and low consumption unloaders in toilets tanks
• Turn off the water while you wash your teeth or save yourself.
• Take a shower, consumes one third less of energy and water than taking a bath.
• The dripping taps or tanks with leaks, resulting in a waste of about 30 litters of water a day.
• Did you know that in a minute with a single tap open, you can sent down the drain more than 15 litters of water?
• To disposing vegetable oil, if sparingly, use a paper to absorb it and put it into the organic waste. If there is a high quantity, store it in a bottle and take it to a Recycle Site.
• Both, in the bathroom in the kitchen, rationalize consumption of toxic products, buy products without toxic chemicals or with gree label. Use paints with water base. And deposite the remains at a Recycle Site.