{"id":139077,"date":"2023-09-05T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-use-less-water-15-essential-tips-from-beef-burgers-to-megabutts-to-cutting-back-on-clothes\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T09:25:33","slug":"how-to-use-less-water-15-essential-tips-from-beef-burgers-to-megabutts-to-cutting-back-on-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-use-less-water-15-essential-tips-from-beef-burgers-to-megabutts-to-cutting-back-on-clothes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use less water: 15 essential tips \u2013 from beef burgers to megabutts to cutting back on clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI went on a mission to help save the world\u2019s water, and found dozens of ways to do it, including ice cubes in pot plants, giving up jeans and mastering my flushI spent much of last year\u2019s boiling hot, dry summer freaking out about drought. Baking days, hosepipe bans, parched plants and suffering wildlife gave me acute day-to-day anxiety and a real fear for the future. This year, I was determined to do something more productive than hand-wringing, so I resolved to cut my water consumption.Then it rained for much of the summer. The UK had 170% of average rainfall this July, making it the sixth wettest on record. But that doesn\u2019t make my efforts pointless: we still need to save water. Scientists have calculated that the climate crisis makes drought 20 times more likely, so one wet summer only offers short-term respite. The UN predicts that demand for fresh water will exceed supply by 40% by 2030 worldwide. In the UK, Sir James Bevan of the Environment Agency warned in 2019 that, without action, UK water companies would face the \u201cjaws of death\u201d \u2013 the point at which demand for water outstrips supply \u2013 within 20 years. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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