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Conserving water; Conserving costs

During Earth Month you're going to hear alot about saving energy. To remind everyone this is about the whole earth I would avert your attention to another vital resource. Managing and conserving water very much resembles responsible energy use - the less water going into your place, the less goes out = the more you save. If you haven't already tried profiling your carbon footprint the Evanston Zerofootprint Calculator is a great place to start. Now try calculating your water use through H2O Conserve. They operate in a similar fashion, and if you're like most folks will provide similar, average results. And that's a problem; we need to move beyond average to conserve our precious resources, and exercise our independence. So take your results and consider what steps you would take to reduce your footprint - water or energy - by thirteen percent; the amount projected as necessary to meet our goals under the Mayor's Agreement for Climate Change. Here's an analysis of water use I wrote for our condominium association (Click Here) . It shows that my neighbors and I could reduce our water use by almost fifty percent with some very low cost fixtures. Please consider it!