{"id":4964,"date":"2016-12-07T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/?p=4964"},"modified":"2016-12-09T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T19:31:42","slug":"two-times-day-reduce-water-turn-taps-off-brushing-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2016\/two-times-day-reduce-water-turn-taps-off-brushing-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 7 of 31 Days for an Environmentally Friendly December: Reduce Water Twice Daily when Brushing your Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Carly Foubert, CFICE Communications RA<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water conservation often starts with the little things. \u00a0Like we saw on <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/2016\/4947\/\">December 5th<\/a> with the leaky taps: a little bit can really add up! Today let&#8217;s take it one step further after fixing our leaky taps, let&#8217;s remember to turn off the taps when we brush our teeth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4965 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"toothbrushes\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityfirst\/wp-content\/uploads\/7-Brushing-your-teeth.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>On average we brush our teeth twice a day, each for approximately 2 minutes. By turning the tap off for those 2 minutes you&#8217;d save <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.epa.gov\/watersense\/kids\/tap-off.html\">8 gallons of water<\/a>, 16 gallons of water a day, and over 200 gallons of water per month! And that&#8217;s just for one person! And we\u2019re not even using that water<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shaving is included in this post. Instead of shaving in the shower and leaving the tap on, today just keep a glass of warm water for rinsing your razor rather than using the tap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply put, leaving the water running is unnecessary. So why do it? Answer: don\u2019t do it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Carly Foubert, CFICE Communications RA Water conservation often starts with the little things. \u00a0Like we saw on December 5th with the leaky taps: a little bit can really add up! Today let&#8217;s take it one step further after fixing our leaky taps, let&#8217;s remember to turn off the taps when we brush our teeth. 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