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1 External Relations Water Saving Campaign Reducing our water consumption in 2012

2 How can I save water at work?

3 03/06/2016© The University of Sheffield Only one cup? How? Only boil what you need. The new eco kettle will make this easier (this is on order) Why? If everyone boiled only the water they needed to make a cup of tea, we could save enough electricity to run nearly all the UK’s street lighting.

4 03/06/2016© The University of Sheffield Plants are thirsty, can you help? How? If you have any water left in your glass at the end of the day, use it for watering the plants. Why? To reduce water wastage.

5 03/06/2016© The University of Sheffield Report dripping taps How? Let Somer know x29850. Why? A dripping tap wastes at least 5,500 litres of water a year - that's enough water wasted to fill a paddling pool every week for the whole summer.

6 Water facts

7 03/06/2016© The University of Sheffield Water facts To produce just one pint of beer takes 170 litres of water. If the entire adult population of England and Wales remembered to turn off the tap when they were brushing their teeth, we could save 180 mega litres a day – enough to supply nearly 500,000 homes and fill 180 Olympic swimming pools!

8 03/06/2016© The University of Sheffield Water facts 63 per cent of our daily water consumption at home originates from the bathroom! Human blood is 83 per cent water.

9 Why is reducing our water consumption important?

10 03/06/2016© The University of Sheffield Why save water? Demand for water is set to increase substantially over the next 20 years. Climate change is forecast to make our planet drier. Government policy is likely to lead to tighter controls on abstraction. The world economy is heavily dependent on water.

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