It is time to take control of our utility and water bills.  States across the nation are experiencing rising rates, California’s water rates are rising up to 40% in the next 2 years, if it wasn’t time for action before, it certainly is now.  Please do not think that this list should only hit home for the people already facing rolling blackouts and water restrictions.  We all need to do our part to conserve resources, even if your rates haven’t gone up yet, it has affected us all.  Yes, I …

Replacing the showerheads in your home is an easy and effective way to conserve water. How much water will you save? Well, if you replaced your old shower head with a model that had a flow rate of 1.5 gallons per minute, you could cut your water use in half.
Here’s an example: Let’s say your old shower head flows at 3 gallons per minute (which is very common) If you spent an average of 15 minutes per day showering, the water savings would total up to 22.5 gallons every day …

Saving water outdoors is one the most important first steps of water conservation. An estimated 50 percent of the water used in a single family home is spent outdoors on landscaping. Your lawn is where all that water probably goes. It takes 55 inches of water per year to keep grass green. However, even in what would be considered a wet year in the southwestern US, only around 11 inches of rain would fall. The remaining 44 inches needed by your lawn would come from your sprinkler system. However, common …

Vampire Power sometimes called ‘Phantom Load’, or ‘Standby Power’, however much less dramatic, is the creepy little name that describes what is happening when appliances remain plugged in when they aren’t in use.  When they remain plugged in, small amounts of electricity are being sucked up by the device so it can turn on with one click of the remote.  Those small amounts of electricity add up over time and can affect your wallet and your drain on the grid.  **Please note that garlic, and stakes are not the solution …