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Shorten your 5 showers to less than . minutes. Install a low-flow showerhead. It uses only 2.5 gallons of water a minute. Your old one may use more than four gallons, so your family will save about $45 per year. Spend it on pizzal . I.\IlllO If the washing machine isn't full, use only enough water for the clothes you are washing. Avoid evaporation. Water plants and grass early in the morning and never on a windy day. Mal An acre-foot, the basic measurement 0 standing water, is wat one foot high on an acre of ground. Think of standing up to you knees in water on a football field. That's what one acre-foot 0 water would look like. Use a bucket and , a shut-off nozzle when you wash the car or the dog. Put some buckets or a barrel outside to collect rainwater. Your local hardware store probably has some rain barrel ideas, too. Use your rainwater in the garden. Plant native and climate-adapted plants. This is called xeriscaping. .ne (o\o.ob' Ie. ""'" 8""a/o grass '''"i,.., petISlClOOO If Horsetooth Reserv were filled with soda pop Instead of wat it would take 548 billion 12-ounce cans to fill it. Water the lawn only If it needs It, and ~. never more often than every three days. Here's an easy test: Stick a screwdriver into ~ the lawn. If it goes in easily, don't water. If ; it's hard to push in, give the grass a drink. T ( Accept water in, restaurant only if you plan to drink it. . . . -~~~ R~.