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CONSERVE WATER RESOURCES
r e s o u r c e s:
- 49 ways to save water
- analyze your water footprint
- how to get started
- low flow toilets, Toto, Caroma
- low flow shower heads + aerators, Niagara Conservation, Oxygenics, Gaiam
- dishwashers + clothes washers, Bosch, Asko, LG
- kentucky rain barrels
- greywater action
a c t i o n s:
- choose low flow toilets, faucets and water efficient fixtures
- use rain barrels to irrigate landscape; make your own rain barrel
- reuse your greywater – safe uses, aqus system is an easily added devices that reuses sink water to flush your toilet
WATERSHED PROTECTION
r e s o u r c e s:
- center for watershed protection
- chesapeake bay watershed – not just maryland!
- green roofs, Green Roofs, Emory Knolls Farm
- rain gardens
- porous pavers
a c t i o n s:
- make your own rain garden rain gardens of west michigan
- install green roofs
- use porous pavers to filter water
- know + protect your community watershed, “surf your watershed”
- create a bayscape
- employ integrated pest management techniques + organic lawn care
- properly dispose of hazardous waste, state guidelines
