Conserving

With the drought in the south already pretty bad and apparently to get worse, trying to conserve water has become a priority at my home. We've done little things, like not running the dishwasher, short showers where the water is turned off when shampooing or soaping up, setting only two laundry days per month. Over the weekend we got our water bill. I knew what we have been doing was working as the amount was less than in the past. Calculating our total water usage compared to a few months ago, we've managed to cut our usage by 20%. That's pretty good, especially with an eight year old at home who likes to play in the sink but also understands that water is too hard to come by these days just to waste on washing Barbie's hair.