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Switch Off Your Garbage Disposal and Save Water

Save water and money by switching off that garbage disposal. It’s a great way to reduce water waste! Every time we switch on the garbage disposal, we waste water. Even with a 2.5 gallon per minute low flow kitchen aerator, running the garbage disposal for 2 minutes equals 5 gallons of water down the drain. That’s more water than most of us drink in a day. If you run it for 2 minutes every day in a 30 day month, that’s 75 gallons of water each month for which you’re paying. It’s literally money down the drain.

Instead of water and money going down the drain, toss those meat and dairy scraps into the garbage and turn those coffee grounds, vegetable and fruit scraps into a valuable soil amendment by starting a compost pile. A compost pile is an easy way to save water, money, and improve your garden and landscape. With holiday cooking here, it’s a perfect time to start a compost pile. Collect your carrot peels, onion skins, and used tea bags in a recycled coffee can with a tight fitting lid or purchase an eye pleasing counter top or under-counter compost container. There are plenty of styles from which to choose. Of course when your container is full, you’ll want to add it to your compost pile where your kitchen food scraps will breakdown into a nutrient rich humus - a wonderful fertilizer and mulch for your garden and landscape plants.

A compost pile requires the right amount of carbon - for example shredded newspaper, nitrogen - like kitchen scraps, soil, moisture, and air to maintain the breakdown process. There maybe enough moisture in the kitchen scraps you’ve collected to keep the breakdown process going. If not, how about using your gray water instead of using water from the hose. The Tucson Organic Gardeners and the Master Gardeners at Pima County Cooperative Extension have resources and information on composting to help you get started. Check your local library for resources as well.

Buried Pipes

First, verify whether you have a leak by checking your water meter. Or if you have a well at your home, listen for the sound of the pump kicking on when water is not in use. If it does, you have a leak. Once you have ascertained this, rule out toilet leaks or faucet drips as the source of the problem.

Contacting a professional is probably the homeowner's best course for underground leak detection. Most leak detection methods for underground pipes involve sonic leak-detection equipment that identifies the sound of water escaping a pipe. Small leaks, especially those under high pressure, are (ironically) easier to detect than large ones, because they are noisier and easier to hear using hydrophones. In general, the louder the noise, the closer one is to the leak. Factors that affect the sounds generated by a leak include water pressure within the pipe; the pipe material and diameter; soil type and soil compaction; depth of soil over the pipe; and the surface cover.

Once found, repair clamps, or collars, can be used to repair small leaks. Larger leaks often require the replacement of one or more sections of pipe. It may be more economical to completely replace plumbing in older pipes, especially if they have a history of leaking. Copper pipe, considered the industry standard, is not immune to this problem, but can be affected by corrosive soil, acidic water, aggressive flux, or sloppy installation.

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