Your Water. Your Impact.
How much water does your household use compared to how much you should be using? By reading your water bill, and knowing your expected use, you can take control of your water usage. When we are efficient with our water, we make a positive impact on the environment.
Take the challenge! Log into your account, interact with the tools, and discover personalized tips to save water.
Today’s Lessen Lesson
Today’s lesson will help lessen your water consumption.
KNOW: Log onto My Utility Portal to view your water use (or look at your paper bills). Jot down your water use for each month of the year, January through December. You’ll input these numbers during Step 2.
COMPARE: Visit our Know Your H2O Water Calculator. Answer a few questions to find out how much water your household should be using. Once on the results page, you can enter your monthly numbers from Step 1. The final graph will show your estimated use (what you should be using) compared to your actual water use. This is how you can see if you’re on the right track.
Once you complete the calculator, you can request a free water conservation kit with fixtures to help you save water at home!
SAVE: If you are on the right track, great job, but keep saving! If your usage is off the charts, you can lessen your water usage with our water-saving tips and tricks below.
This customer is using 103,000 gallons more than they should!
Ten inspiring tips & tricks to save water, save money & make an impact
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Treat Water as a Scarce, Essential and Precious Resource
Support the protection and efficient use of this precious resource and the importance of clean water to our natural world. Turning on the tap is so easy that modern society sees it simply as utilitarian; something we extract from nature to use for our homes. Learn more about Mesa's water.
- Get Your Mind Overflowing With Ways to Save
You can find simple tips to save water every day or you can take a few minutes to understand more about how to water your landscape properly. There are a lot of free and easy sources of information available to help you save water and money. Find 100+ tips and more at wateruseitwisely.com.
- Scrutinize Your Daily Water Use
How much water do you use in and around your home each month? Be sure to look at your water bills and track your monthly usage just as we suggest above. Keep comparing to estimates you got from our Water Calculator.
- WaterSense Labelled is All the Rage
Next version of the iPhone? Nah! Be sure that your water-efficient products sport the WaterSense label. These items are certified to be at least 20 percent more efficient than required standards without sacrificing performance - good for my wallet and the environment. Learn more at epa.gov/watersense.
- Timing is Everything
Change your irrigation timer with the seasons because plants need twice as much water in summer as they do in the winter. In December and January, dormant bermudagrass only needs water once a month (if you don’t overseed with winter rye). If you’re not changing your timer, you’re wasting water. Find our watering guidelines.
- Landscapes That Thrive? What's Not to Love?
Xeriscape (zeer-a-scape) takes a creative approach to landscaping with water in mind. It includes the use of low-water-use plants, efficient drip irrigation, proper maintenance and more to produce superior landscapes. Convert your grass and cut your water use in half. You just might earn up to $1,100 to do so by participating in our Grass-to-Xeriscape incentive. And, find the best plants!
- Don't Water the Gutter
Misdirected or broken sprinklers or runoff from excessive watering can be seen across neighborhoods. Position your sprinklers so water lands on the lawn, not paved areas. Frequently check for broken sprinkler heads as they can lose 12 gallons per minute or more. Learn about cycle and soak.
- Figure Out Where All That Water is Going
If you have a higher-than-normal water bill and you don’t know why, it might be time for some for some detective work around the house. Do you have leaks? Is your irrigation controller set properly? We’ve got booklets and online guides to take you through the steps – get the kids involved. Find and fix leaks.
- Get Free Water When You Can
Rainwater harvesting captures, contains, and distributes rainwater on your property for use by plants. Rain is a free, salt-free source of water that contains many beneficial ingredients for your plants. Up to 500 gallons can be collected off your rooftop with just one-half inch of rain. Learn more about free water.
- Time to Catch Your Running Toilet
About 20 percent of toilets leak! That’s one out of every five. But toilet leaks are often silent so you might not even know that you have one. The rubber flapper is often the culprit. Put some food coloring in the tank and see if it bleeds through to the bowl. If it does, get that flapper out of there. Check for toilet leaks.
Make water conservation part of everyday life!Learn more on our water conservation page or find 100+ water-saving tips, landscape videos, plant-of-the month features and more on Water – Use It Wisely.
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