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One drippy faucet can waste 3,000 gallons a year. That’s 180 showers worth of water—or one very long, sad water slide for a family of hamsters. Most drips are caused by a worn-out washer that costs 50 cents and takes five minutes to replace. If you don’t know how, YouTube has a video titled “Fix a Drippy Faucet for Dummies (and You).” Go watch it.

Same goes for outdoor hoses. A tiny hole in a garden hose can leak 100 gallons a week—enough to water a small forest of hysteria. Replace washers, tighten connections, and stop pretending you’ll “get to it later.” Later is now, my friend.

10 Ways to Stop Being a Water Waster

Rain Is Free—Use It!

Rain is basically nature’s tap, and it’s currently free. Install a rain barrel under your gutter downspout. A single downpour can fill a 50-gallon barrel, which you can use on your garden, your lawn, or to wash your car while feeling incredibly smug. And here’s the surprising part: one inch of rain on a 1,000-square-foot roof collects 600 gallons. That’s enough to flush your toilet 375 times. You literally have a water mine in your roof.