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WAYS TO SAVE WATER!!!! “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The usual Suspects…. CUT BACK HOW LONG THE FAUCET IS ON! The Picture’s less bleak, if you lose every leak! Low-water Appliances Low-water toilets!!! 20 liters down to 5 liters Low-water washing machines! 225liters to 150! Water efficient Dishwashers! (no data) Low-flow shower heads! 100 liters per minute down to 20 liters per minute! What is a Composting Toilet???? No water! Except YOUR water…. Urine. Instead, throw in the paper, some sawdust, and then bacteria and worms do the work! Saves water AND makes nice compost for your garden! Ways to make Salt Water Usable Desalination! Water Sewage treatment 1. Filtering 2. Using bacteria to degrade organic material 3. MORE filtering and chemical additives (chlorine, fluoride, ect.) Dragging Icebergs? What's the use for icebergs ? Well, there have been ideas of dragging them to countries that lack freshwater and some tests have been performed, but the overall cost is too high. Cleaning up Groundwater 1. Removing a source of pollution 2. Pump out water and then remove pollution 3. Bioremediation- using living organisms to remove pollutants (bacteria and fungi eat the chemicals; plant roots absorb chemicals) Trees with deep roots can be used!