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Home & Yard Water Conservation Tips For The California Drought

We are years into this drought, yet many of us are just now beginning to change our habits to conserve water. Fortunately, by implementing a few water conservation tips, you can make it easy and painless for you to cut back your water usage. In fact, you might find you did not really need all that water you were using before!

So you can do your part during this California drought, these home & yard water conservation tips can help.

• Check For Leaks: You may think a small, slow drip is not a big deal, but even a little leak can waste as much as 20 gallons of water a day. You can also check your toilet for leaks by putting a little food coloring in the tank. If the color reaches the bowl without flushing, you have a leak that should be addressed.
• Use The Trash: Stop flushing garbage (e.g. tissues, cigarette butts) down the toilet. Each time you flush, you use at least five gallons of water! Instead, put a small wastebasket in your bathroom and use that.
• Insulate Your Pipes: By putting pre-slit foam pipe insulation around your water pipes, you get a quick, cheap, and easy way to cut back on water usage because you will spend less time waiting for hot water to reach you.
• Choose Drought Tolerant Plants: Choose local plants that are drought tolerant and group them together according to how much water they need to cut back on water usage in your yard.

You put a lot of work into maintaining your home, and with the California drought that work is requiring more and more of your creativity. So that you can protect all of your efforts, contact Massive Insurance. Located in Pasadena, we are here to help you help you get the California coverage you deserve.