Water is needed for everything we produce and consume, which directly affects businesses. With this in mind, the impact organisations can make is huge, not only in Cape Town but in the entire world.
Businesses have an important role to play in the water conservation journey and can influence individuals, communities and other businesses to save water efficiently. We’ve noted the following water saving techniques to help save water efficiently within your business.
Tops Ways to Save Water in Your Business:
Existing Office Space:
- Educate your staff on the importance of saving water. Make sure they understand how to save water both at home and at work. A good initiative is to start a water saving project within the organisation.
- Do regular water saving audits. This will allow the organisation to monitor how much water is being used and which areas of the organisation are using more water.
- Use hand sanitizer in bathrooms.
- Flush toilets only when necessary.
- When cleaning office premises, don’t use water over excessively.
- Use a pool cover if the organisation has a pool.
- Use a product like LooMe or PooPourri to keep smells down. Alternatively use shaving foam in the cistern so you don’t need to flush so often.
- Exchange the toilets for water efficient alternatives.
Quick Fact: Drink less coffee! “About 18 900 litres of water is needed to produce 1 kg of roasted coffee. For a standard cup of coffee, one needs about 7 g of roasted coffee, so that a cup of coffee uses about 130 litres of water.” (Source: City of Cape Town Water Conservation)
New Office Space:
- Fit water saving taps or fit existing taps with aerators.
Some alternative water saving nozzles you can consider in new or existing office spaces are:
- Altered: Nozzle Dual Flow
- Sustainable nozzle aerators
- Install water saving toilets
Some alternative water saving toilets you can consider are: