• If a drip from your faucet fills an eight ounce glass in 15 minutes, it will waste 180 gallons per month and 2,160 gallons per year.
• In a typical home, more than 9,000 gallons of water are wasted while running the faucet for hot water. As much as 15% of your annual heating costs can be wasted by heating this extra 9,000 gallons.
• At 140 degrees, it takes five seconds for water to burn skin. At 160 degrees it takes only half a second. Home water systems should be set to no higher than 125 degrees.
• Copper piping, which is the #1 material used for plumbing work in today’s world, is the same material that the Egyptians used to lay their own pipe – some 3000 years ago!
• A low flush toilet can save you up to 18,000 gallons of water per year.

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