Kids

You and your family can help keep water clean by doing these simple things:

• Clean with care

Most cleaners you use at home end up polluting our water. Instead, clean with baking soda. It's "kind" to water.

Go For a 100!

Give yourself 10 points for each water-saving measure your family already uses.

1. You turn off the water while you're brushing your teeth.



2. You take short showers instead of baths or long showers.



3. While you soap up in the shower, you don't leave the water on.



4. You collect bath water. Then you use it for watering plants or mopping the floor.



5. You run washing machines and dishwashers only when they fully loaded.



6. When you have to wash the family car, you turn the water off while you scrub-and you turn it on only for rinsing.



7. You fix a faucet as soon as it starts to drip.



8. You test toilets in your home for leaks. (Add a drop of food coloring to the water tank. In 30 minutes, look at the water in the bowl. If the water is colored, your toilet is leaking. (Ask your parents to help you fix it.)



9. You use a new kind of toilet that needs less than two gallons (7.6 liters) to flush. Or you've put a water dam in the old toilet tank. (You can buy water dams or use a plastic jug filled with sand or water. Don't use a brick—it may fall apart and clog the tank.)



10. Your showerhead is a watersaving kind.