The added benefit is reducing our municipal water charges, says Berry Everitt, chief executive of the Chas Everitt International property group.
He offers a few ideas for saving water:
♦ If you have a leaky tap, make sure you replace the washer immediately. A tap leaking at the rate of one drop per second will waste around 10 000l of water every year.
♦ Fit your bathroom and kitchen taps with inexpensive aerators or flow restrictors. If you have an old-style toilet, put a 2l plastic bottle filled with water into the cistern to reduce the amount of water used with each flush.
♦ Try to restrict the time that your shower water runs to less than three minutes.
♦ If you have small children and prefer to bath them in a tub, put them all in together, and find ways to re-use the water afterwards.