By making small changes to your water use habits, you can significantly reduce the amount of water you use. Repair Regularly check toilets, pipes and faucets for leaks and repair immediately. Retrofit Retrofit means adapting or replacing a less water efficient fixture or appliance with one of the many water saving devices now on the market. Recommend this to your landlord, board of directors, condo or co-op manager. The rest gets used for laundry, dishes and cooking.
Taller grass holds water better and actually looks richer.
You'll save water and time spent on upkeep. Ask your local gardener about drought-resistant plants that thrive in your area. Collect rain water in an old barrel or other large container, and use the water on your garden. Use this water as an alternative to turning on the hose for newly transplanted material, window boxes, flower pots and container gardens. Rain water is actually better for your plants as it does not contain any chlorine and is at ambient temperature.