How to Conserve Water While Brushing Your Teeth

The first day of school is approaching fast, and pretty soon our children will be hustling and bustling to get ready and head out the door! When it’s time to wash up in the morning, you may not realize how much water your kids are using, especially when brushing their teeth. The good news is that there are several ways to conserve water while brushing your teeth. Here are a few:

Turn off the faucet. Turning off the tap water between wetting your toothbrush and rinsing your teeth is one of the easiest and most effective ways to conserve water when brushing your teeth. In fact, shutting off the water can save your family up to 10 gallons of water per day!

Use a cup. If you use your hands to rinse after brushing your teeth, you will end up wasting more water. Why? Because using your hands allows more tap water to run through your fingers. Using a cup instead will eliminate the amount of water you waste. Plus, you’ll have just enough to rinse your mouth with.

Limit the pressure. The more water pressure you use in your bathroom sink, the more water you waste. This is because more tap water is ejected from the faucet when you turn it on. So instead, reduce your home’s water pressure by using a self-installed pressure-reducing valve. Doing so can cut down your water pressure from 100 pounds per square inch to 50.

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