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Use low-flow faucets, shower heads, reduced-flow toilet
flushing equipment, and water saving appliances such as dish and
clothes washers.
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Repair leaking faucets, toilets, and pumps.
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Use dishwashers and clothes washers only when fully
loaded.
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Take short showers instead of baths and avoid letting
faucets run unnecessarily.
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Wash your car only when necessary; use a bucket to save
water. Alternatively, go to a commercial car wash that recycles
its washwater and disposes of runoff properly.
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Do not over-water your lawn or garden. Over-watering may
increase leaching of fertilizers to ground water.
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When your lawn or garden needs watering, use
slow-watering techniques such as trickle irrigation or soaker
hoses. (Such devices reduce runoff and are 20-percent more
effective than sprinklers.)
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Clean up after your pets. Pet waste contains nutrients
and pathogens that can contaminate surface water.
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Recycle used oil and antifreeze.
Don’t dump them down the storm drain or sink.
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Participate
in litter a clean ups.
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Write
or call your elected representatives to inform them about your
concerns and encourage legislation to protect water resources.
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Get involved in local planning and zoning decisions and
encourage your local officials to develop erosion and sediment
control ordinances.
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REMIND
people in your neighborhood about ways to keep their streets
clean and their yards free of pesticides and fertilizers.
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