
{"id":171,"date":"2017-01-21T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northgateapartmentsvt.org\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2017-01-31T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T20:06:50","slug":"water-conservation-you-and-northgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northgateapartmentsvt.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/water-conservation-you-and-northgate\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Conservation: You and Northgate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Infographic: 2.5 gallons of water saved per minute when water is used wisely. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.rentcafe.com\/dmslivecafe\/UploadedImages\/67848c45-78fe-4b8d-ae0f-dbceffecba3d.jpg\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left; width: 300px; height: 313px;\" \/>On average, a person uses 50-75 gallons of water&nbsp;each day. By becoming conscious of how water is wasted, you can reduce your&nbsp;usage. Conserving water saves money and helps&nbsp;protect our most precious&nbsp;resource.&nbsp;&nbsp;A lack of water, even though it may not seem to be apparent here in&nbsp;Vermont, has begun to become a major concern in many parts of&nbsp;our country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Vermont may not be experiencing some of&nbsp;the water shortage problems that exist elsewhere, the delivering of clean water&nbsp;to one&rsquo;s home is not an inexpensive proposition, and&nbsp;Northgate is no exception&nbsp;to that rule.<\/p>\n<p>Northgate as a community&nbsp;pays nearly $200,000.00 on average, each year, for water services. While Northgate residents do not pay a&nbsp;monthly water bill directly, the cost of water is a part of Northgate&rsquo;s annual&nbsp;operating budget. Wasting water is&nbsp;nothing more than wasting dollars that can be better used toward&nbsp;improving our&nbsp;community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please remember that&nbsp;savings do not go into the pocket of a property owner here at Northgate, but&nbsp;instead are used to better the community as a whole.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is a list of water saving tips&nbsp;that not only can help to keep Northgate&rsquo;s bills lower, but also help our&nbsp;environment:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Take&nbsp;short&nbsp;showers&nbsp;instead of baths. A full bath requires approximately 36 gallons of&nbsp;water. A five minute shower using a low-flow restrictor&nbsp;will use only 15-25&nbsp;gallons.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Don&#39;t&nbsp;leave the water running while brushing your teeth and\/or shaving.&nbsp;Put a stopper in the sink and dunk the&nbsp;razor instead of rinsing it under the faucet. Saves 4 -10 gallons&nbsp;per day.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Don&#39;t&nbsp;use the toilet as a trash can. Don&rsquo;t flush items like facial tissues or paper towels. Saves 2 gallons&nbsp;per flush.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Wait&nbsp;until you have a full load before washing clothes, and use the&nbsp;water level appropriate for the load. Consider washing with cold water. Washing machines use 22-25 gallons per&nbsp;load.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Store&nbsp;drinking water in the refrigerator&nbsp;rather than allowing the tap to run in&nbsp;order to get a cold drink of water.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Use the&nbsp;correct amount of water for cooking, and reuse water from boiling or steaming pasta and vegetables to water&nbsp;plants once it cools.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Rinse fruits and vegetables in a bowl of water&nbsp;instead of under the&nbsp;faucet. Saves 2-4 gallons per day.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Report all plumbing leaks or running toilets immediately.&nbsp;A running&nbsp;toilet left unrepaired can add hundreds of extra dollars to a monthly water&nbsp;bill. A faucet dripping at a rate of&nbsp;one drop per second can waste 2,700&nbsp;gallons of water per year.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>When&nbsp;purchasing a new clothes washer consider&nbsp;an&nbsp;ENERGY STAR certified washer. These washers use 20% less energy and&nbsp;35% less water, or only 15 gallons of water&nbsp;per&nbsp;load as opposed to&nbsp;the 23 gallon average used by a standard washing machine.&nbsp;ENERGY STAR certified appliances may&nbsp;also earn you a rebate from your local power utility.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Please remember that the washing of vehicles is&nbsp;strictly&nbsp;prohibited&nbsp;at Northgate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On average, a person uses 50-75 gallons of water&nbsp;each day. By becoming conscious of how water is wasted, you can reduce your&nbsp;usage. Conserving water saves money and helps&nbsp;protect our most precious&nbsp;resource.&nbsp;&nbsp;A lack of water, even though it may not seem to be apparent here in&nbsp;Vermont, has begun to become a major concern in many parts&hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northgateapartmentsvt.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/21\/water-conservation-you-and-northgate\/\" class=\"btn btn-primary\">Read More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2207,"featured_media":183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maintenance"],"metadata":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":["Top 10 Tips for Water Conservation | Northgate Apartments in Burlington, VT"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["Water is a precious resource, and it's a major operating expense in a large community like Northgate Apartments in Burlington, VT. 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