Tips for saving water

• Repair a leaky water tap.
• Turn off tap while cleaning your teeth, shaving or washing your face.
• Have shorter showers.
• Run your washing machine only on full load.
• Run your dishwasher only when full.
• Don't overfill the kettle when making a cup of tea. Only fill and boil what you need, this will save you money on your energy costs too.
• Fit water saving device in your cistern to save when flushing, this can save you 3 litres a flush.
• Keep cool water in the fridge so that you do not need to run water down the sink to have a cold drink.
• Think before throwing used water down the drain, eg water in a pan after cooking, this could be reused for watering plants around the house when cooled down, or in the garden.
• Use a broom and bucket of water for washing your car or terrace rather than a continuous flow of water from the hose.
• Set up a water butt in the garden to collect the rain water. You can thus use the rain water for watering the garden.

Cleaning of Water Storage Tank

1. Brush the bottom, sides and ceiling of the tank.
2. Wash out the dirty water.
3. Wash with clean water.
4. Disinfect with bleaching agent (Eau de Javel). For a tank with a capacity of more than 1,000 litres, put in about 10ml of bleach. Adjust accordingly for tanks of different capacities.
5. Leave the bleaching solution in for the night.
6. Wash out the bleaching solution. The tank is now disinfected and can be used to store water for consumption.
7. Clean your water tank on a regular basis (at least once every six months) and make sure that the tank is properly covered to prevent contamination through algae formation or grub accumulation.

Detecting a leak in the internal reticulation system (also known as the supply pipe)

1. Close all outlet taps, except the stop-cock near the meter.
2. Observe the meter dial to see if the meter is registering consumption. If such is the case, then there must be a leak somewhere along the supply pipe.