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Elementary students find 407 leaky toilets
  
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Two thousand fourth-grade students studied water conservation this year in Douglas County elementary schools as part of the Water Ambassador educational outreach program sponsored by the Douglas County Water Resource Authority.
DCWater.org consists of water providers, municipalities, and the county government coming together to pursue water resource conservation, education, and public policy issues that impact more than 325,000 residents located in Douglas and South Arapahoe Counties.
Each of the students was given a take-home assignment to work with their parents to test their toilets for water leaks. The toilet leak kits were supplied by Lockheed Martin. The 2,000 students participating in the program recently discovered 407 leaky toilets.
Consider that a slow leak can lose up to 300 gallons a day and a constantly running toilet can lose up to 60,000 gallons a month, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Area home centers sell toilet repair kits, as well as high -efficiency toilets, which can reduce water consumption by up to 60 percent over toilets installed prior to 1994.
Many water districts offer rebates for low flow toilets. Check with your water provider for more information. Water waste increases the homeowner’s water bill unnecessarily by hundreds to thousands of dollars over time and can create property damage as well. Stella, a Douglas County fourth grader said, “It’s really easy to test and even fix a leaky toilet; if I can do it, you can do it too.”
A video that shows exactly how to do it, step by step, called “Stella fixes a leaky flapper” can be viewed on DCWater.org.
“Teaching responsible water habits begins at an early age and lasts a lifetime,” said DCWater.org President Larry Moore.
For more information on water saving efforts, www.dcwater.org
Two thousand fourth-grade students studied water conservation this year in Douglas County elementary schools as part of the Water Ambassador educational outreach program sponsored by the Douglas County Water Resource Authority.
DCWater.org consists of water providers, municipalities, and the county government coming together to pursue water resource conservation, education, and public policy issues that impact more than 325,000 residents located in Douglas and South Arapahoe Counties.
Each of the students was given a take-home assignment to work with their parents to test their toilets for water leaks. The toilet leak kits were supplied by Lockheed Martin. The 2,000 students participating in the program recently discovered 407 leaky toilets.
Consider that a slow leak can lose up to 300 gallons a day and a constantly running toilet can lose up to 60,000 gallons a month, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Area home centers sell toilet repair kits, as well as high -efficiency toilets, which can reduce water consumption by up to 60 percent over toilets installed prior to 1994.
Many water districts offer rebates for low flow toilets. Check with your water provider for more information. Water waste increases the homeowner’s water bill unnecessarily by hundreds to thousands of dollars over time and can create property damage as well. Stella, a Douglas County fourth grader said, “It’s really easy to test and even fix a leaky toilet; if I can do it, you can do it too.”
A video that shows exactly how to do it, step by step, called “Stella fixes a leaky flapper” can be viewed on DCWater.org.
“Teaching responsible water habits begins at an early age and lasts a lifetime,” said DCWater.org President Larry Moore.
For more information on water saving efforts, www.dcwater.org
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