Municipality of #Lauria, 2 October 2016 Work in progress for distributor comfort repair The SERVICES Aqueduct Counter Self-reading Invoice Rates SMS service In evidence Water saving tips Print Syndicate Solidarity behaviors for intelligent consumption that ensures water for the future and savings on the bill Acquedotto Lucano invites the thrifty use of water resources to avoid possible waste: the participation of all is essential to protect a common good. Change your habits The bathroom faucet has a flow rate of over 10 liters per minute. Leaving it open while brushing your teeth means wasting more than 30 liters of drinking water. When shaving, just collect the water in the sink to rinse the razor. While shampooing, it would be advisable to turn off the tap, to avoid unnecessary waste. Don't waste precious drops 90 drops per minute are enough to waste 4 thousand liters of water in a year. It is easy to check if the taps or the toilet cistern have a leak. During the night or during the day, we recommend putting a small container under the tap (be careful not to close the drain) and after a few hours even a small leak may be detected. Do not unload empty Over 30 percent of the water you consume in your home comes out of the toilet flush. Each time the button is pressed, 10-12 liters of water are wasted and often only on a small piece of toilet paper. Install a cistern equipped with a double button, or a flow regulator that delivers different quantities of water according to need. This saves tens of thousands of liters of water in a year. Refuel Household appliances consume a lot of water with each wash (80-120 liters), regardless of the load of clothes and dishes. Using them only when necessary and always at full load allows a considerable saving of water and energy. The instruction booklet indicates the maximum capacities (kg of laundry and number of dishes), adopting them as a rule for loading them is useful for saving. How to wash the car Reduce washes and always use the bucket instead of running water: wet the bodywork, lather the car and rinse it. Excellent results are achieved by wasting less water. If you go to a car wash, also ask if the system has water recirculation or recovery. Saving water will be the best result. Think green Water the garden sparingly and always in the evening: when the sun has gone down, the water evaporates more slowly and is not wasted but absorbed by the earth. Adding plenty of mulch will protect your plants from drought and scorching. When it is possible to collect rainwater: plants like it a lot. Choose plants that need less water and install a timer-programmable “drip” irrigation system. In this way, a rational use of water is obtained and a benefit for the bill. How to ensure hygiene without waste For a correct cleaning of vegetables it is not necessary to run a lot of water over them. Just fill a basin or other container, leaving them to soak. To wash the dishes, fill a basin with hot water (excellent is that of cooking pasta), add the detergent, leave the dishes to soak for a while and remove the dirt with a sponge. Running water should only be used for rinsing. The savings will be noticed. Better a shower Taking a nice bath is relaxing but requires over 150 liters of water. Taking a shower requires much less water: on average between 40 and 50 liters. It will also benefit the body because the shower tones up more than the bathroom. Check the counter In the evening, before going to sleep, check that all the taps in the house are well closed and read the consumption level reached on the water meter. In the morning, before starting the day, check your meter again. Even a small difference means that there is a leak (from the toilet flush, from the taps or from the pipes) and that not only is water unnecessarily wasted but you risk causing worse damage to the structures of your home by damaging walls, floors and coatings. A one-millimeter hole in a pipe loses over 2,300 liters of drinking water per day. Acquedotto Lucano SpA CF and VAT number 01522200763 Via P.Grippo - 85100 Potenza tel. 0971.392.111 fax 0971.392.600 write@acquedottolucano.it www.acquedottolucano.it Public Selections site map Privacy Follow us on Facebook Twitter Instangram You Tube News Water suspensions Releases Expropriations Copyright 2002 - 2016 Acquedotto Lucano SpA p.iva 01522200763 - All rights reserved. - Login Acqua Info - Acquedotto Lucano information header of Acquedotto Lucano Spa, Registration n.440 / 2013 at the Court of Potenza Responsible director Angela Remollino