1. Prepared for Enterprise Community Partners

2. What Uses the Most Water?
69 Gallons/Person/Day
Other, 2 Gallons
Faucets,
11 Gallons
Shower,
12 Gallons
Leaks,
10 Gallons
Clothes Washer, 15 Gallons
Baths, 1 Gallon
Toilet,
19 Gallons
Dishwasher, 1 Gallon
Source: American Water Works Association, Drinktap.org 2010 & Handbook of Water Use and Conservation

3. Complete Water Conservation Exercises 1 & 2:
What’s Your Water Use?
Complete Water Conservation Exercises 1 & 2:
What habits waste the most water?
What habits can I change? How much water would I save?
How much water could all of us save together?
Complete Water Conservation Exercise 1: Discover Your Water Habits
This exercise has residents rate and score their behaviors.
Complete Water Conservation Exercise 2:How Much Water Can I Save By Changing My Habits.
This exercise asks residents to match actions with water saving results to see that actions by tenants and occupants lead to the most significant savings . Have students work in pairs to identify 2 water saving habits they follow next month and estimate how much water will they save. How much will the class save as a whole – add up individual anticipated savings.

4. Property Management Actions
Repair leaks
Fix running toilets, fix flappers
Install low flow faucets
Install low flow toilets
Install low flow clothes washers
Reduce irrigation
Flapper
Be sure to remind tenants that they need to inform management of leaks. The bottom picture shows a toilet flapper. Often worn out flappers do not seal well and a small amount of water leaks continuously into the toilet bowl.
The video supplied with the course materials (called “Flapper Movie”) shows this type of flapper leakage. You can tell if your flapper is leaking but placing a small amount of food coloring in the toilet tank (shown on bottom right picture), if you see that food coloring leaking into the toilet bowl, then the flapper is leaking.

5. Leaks Leaking toilet can waste up to 200 gallons/day
Faucet leak 1 drip/second wastes 5 gallons/day
Hot water leaks waste water and energy
Leaks account for 14% of household water use
Leak data from US Geological Survey.
2 am water meter shows leaks because most appliances are not running at this time (e.g, dishwasher, shower, )
Leaking toilet data from EPA Water Sense
If technology permits, show the “Toilet Flapper” video to demonstrate flapper leaks and ways to test your own toilet.

6. Water Saving Product Replacement & Retrofits
Retrofit Option
Fix leaking flapper
Install WaterSense aerator
N/A
Replacement Option
EPA WaterSense toilet
WaterSense faucet
WaterSense showerhead
Energy clothes washer
EnergyStar dishwasher
Toilet
Kitchen & Bath Faucet
Showerhead
ClothesWasher
Dishwasher
We’ve proposed options for saving water at each fixture. Less-invasive retrofit options are available for some fixtures and are a less expensive alternative to a full replacement.
The fixtures we use are critical in determining and affecting our water use. In apartments the key fixtures to focus on are: toilets, faucet aerators, showerheads and, if allowed by management, clothes washers. There are water usage goals or rating systems for each of these fixtures noted in the slide.
In some cases, the water pressure in a building may not be sufficient to install a the ideal low flow fixture (e.g., showerhead). In buildings with lower water pressure the trainer should pilot test low flow WaterSense equipment before installing throughout the building.  
Show products, pass them around.

7. What is WaterSense?
WaterSense is a label that indicates whether a product meets EPA water efficiency standards
WaterSense Standards
Showerheads < 2 gallons per minute
Faucets <1.5 gallons per minute
Toilets use < 1.28 gallons per flush & flush 350 grams of solid matter (they work!)
website lists EPA WaterSense products

8. What is EPA Energy Star?
EPA program that sets energy and water efficiency standards for products, evaluates products, lists approved products.
You may recognize the logo, it’s on appliances like refrigerators, televisions, etc.
ENERGY STAR also evaluates clothes washers for energy and water use.

9. Together, We Can Make a Difference!
Bathroom
11 Gallons
Don’t Run Bath Faucet
Install Bath Aerator
1 Gallon
saved/day
Kitchen Sink
24 Gallons
Don’t Run Kitchen Faucet
Install Sink Aerator
Showers
20 Gallons
Shorter Showers
Install WaterSense Showerhead
See the Trainer Notes file for Water Savings for the assumptions used to generated the estimated water savings.
Toilets
20 Gallons
Report Leaks
Repair Leaks
Resident:
51 Gallons Saved/DAY
Management:
40 Gallons Saved/DAY
Together:
90+ Gallons Saved/DAY + =

10. What’s Your Action Plan
Management Actions?
Resident Actions?
How will we track our progress?
Brainstorm with residents about actions they can take to reduce water use. Identify management plans.
Share data on property water use if this is available. A reasonable target is to achieve <83 gallons/bedroom/day or < 55 gallons/person/day. Who tracks this information for the property and can it be shared with residents.