Friday Day 6: Water

When I first started to truly think about this challenge, I began to realize how wasteful I actually am when it comes to water consumption. I am the type of person that spaces off when brushing my teeth and will sometimes let the water run for five minutes straight without even knowing it. I also love to take a shower at the end of my day and just stand there letting the hot water run. These habits of mine are extremely wasteful and I now know that I must change this in order to truly help to my part in water conservation. When I first woke up today and started brushing my teeth, I immediately remembered to turn off the water when I was not using it. Also when I took my shower tonight, I made sure that I took it in a reasonable time so that I would not be just standing there wasting water like I was normally used to doing. Also at my house in Irvine my family does not have real grass in front of my house, my dad a few years ago decided to put in fake grass so that he would no longer have to mow the lawn. Not only is he saving time mowing the lawn, he is also saving tons of water that would normally be spent watering the grass. This decrease in the amount of water my family uses also helps to decrease how much our water bill costs as well.