In the kitchen, saving water is easy with a few changes in behavior and habits:
- If washing dishes by hand, put a stopper in the sink or use a wash basin. Reuse that water to irrigate your plants.
- Use a dishwasher—and when you do, make sure it's fully loaded.
- Scrape your plate instead of rinsing it before loading it into the dishwasher.
- Keep a pitcher of drinking water in the refrigerator instead of letting the faucet run until the water is cool.
- Thaw in the refrigerator overnight rather than using a running tap of hot water.
- Add food wastes to your compost pile instead of using the garbage disposal.