{"id":37176,"date":"2022-03-16T16:49:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/environment\/responsible-consumption\/responsable-consumption-criteria\/save-water-sink"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:24:04","slug":"save-water-sink","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/environment\/responsible-consumption\/responsable-consumption-criteria\/save-water-sink","title":{"rendered":"Tips for saving water at the sink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although 71% of the Earth&#8217;s surface is covered by water, only 3% is fresh water, and specifically, only 1% can be consumed, as most of it is in a solid state in glaciers. For this reason, water is a scarce and limited resource, but at the same time it is indispensable for living things. Hence the importance of not wasting water and avoiding pollution.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can I do?<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/320px-cuarto_de_bano_con_banera_hidromasaje.jpg\" alt=\"Bathroom with hydromassage bathtub\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/320px-cuarto_de_bano_con_banera_hidromasaje.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/320px-cuarto_de_bano_con_banera_hidromasaje-110x73.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/320px-cuarto_de_bano_con_banera_hidromasaje-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/320px-cuarto_de_bano_con_banera_hidromasaje-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Never leave a tap open when not in use. There is no need to waste water while washing your hands or teeth, or when you soap yourself in the shower. A good tip for saving water is to use a glass to brush your teeth.<\/li><li>Use aerators or flow reducers on taps to reduce water consumption. A 40% reduction in consumption can be achieved.<\/li><li>Quickly repair any dripping or leaking faucets. If you detect any leaks at the university, report them to the maintenance service or the centre&#8217;s information point.<\/li><li>If you have to change a tap, put a single lever one, this way you will save water, as with this system the desired water temperature is reached more quickly.<\/li><li>Take a shower instead of a bath. You will spend about 4 times less water and save 65% energy.<\/li><li>It uses low-consumption shower heads to save almost half the water as well as energy.<\/li><li>Use double push button or partial discharge systems for the toilet cistern. The water saving can be up to 60%.<\/li><li>Do not use the toilet as a bin, as you will be wasting all the tank load (up to 10 liters of water) each time you press the button.<\/li><li>Turn off the water tap when you go on vacation. This will prevent uncontrolled water leaks while you are away from home.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center ombra icona-dorat is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Impact on the environment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"78\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/eia-incidencia-alta.jpg\" alt=\"High incidence\" class=\"wp-image-1120\"\/><figcaption>High<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><small>* Image: Bathroom. By Trevejo (Personal work)[CC-BY-SA-3 .0] , via Wikimedia Commons (http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File %3ACuarto_de_ba% C3 %B1o_con_ba% C3% B1era_hidromasaje.jpg)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34179,"parent":36234,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37176","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/author\/ossmau1","display_name":"OSSMA"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 16\/03\/2022","modified":"Updated on 28\/03\/2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 16\/03\/2022 16:49","modified":"Updated on 28\/03\/2024 12:24"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/banner-consells-consum.jpg","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37176"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59431,"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37176\/revisions\/59431"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ub.edu\/ossma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}