Best Practice Advice for Clubs
Save Water - Save Money
Low cost measures
- Check for and fix dripping taps and
encourage users to report leaks and drips
- Place a cistern displacement device in
toilets to reduce water consumption. This could be a purpose made
product such as a hippo, or homemade device such as a 1-litre
plastic bottle filled with water. Water is saved each time the
toilet is flushed. But do not use in low flush toilets (often
installed after 2000)
- Install toilets with a dual-flush
facility, with instructions clearly marked. These use only 6 litres
of water as opposed to 10 litres for the conventional toilet
- Install urinals with flush controllers
or waterless urinals (these can save around 65,000 litres of water
a year per urinal)
- Install tap aerators wherever possible
(reducing amount of water used by up to 80%) and watersaver shower
heads which typically halve flow rates while still providing a
powerful shower
- Install automatic shutoff taps or
timing devices which will prevent water loss from people forgetting
to turn the tap off. Likewise coin operated showers will also limit
water usage
- Install flow restrictors on taps which
will limit the amount of water discharged when the tap is fully
open
- Fit plugs into basins to encourage
users to fill the basin rather than use running water – captive
plugs will prevent plugs disappearing
- Cover water tanks to prevent
evaporation
- Install trigger devices on all hoses
to provide automatic shut off
- Install a rainwater collection device
outside your club buildings so that the water collected can be used
for boat wash down. Ordinary garden water butts will of course be
too small, but you can purchase 1,000 litre Intermediate Bulk
Containers (IBCs) which will stack one on top of the other to give
you potentially 2,000 litres of rainwater. Purchase these in black
so the collected water does not discolour
- Consider purchasing products which
score well on the water efficiency product labelling scheme
Higher cost measures
- Install rainwater harvesting systems
to collect rainwater from roofs or large paved areas such as car
parks. The collected water can then be used for toilet flushing or
vehicle washing, boat wash down and watering plants
- Reuse your grey water. Grey water
recycling involves reusing wastewater from washroom basins and
showers to flush toilets or water plants. In an office it will
account for more than 35% of water use. Grey water from showers and
hand basins is usually clean enough for flushing toilets with only
basic disinfectant or microbiological treatment. Problems can
arise, however, if the warm, nutrient rich grey water is stored,
since it quickly deteriorates and bacteria multiply. This will also
reduce the volume of sewage needing treatment. For those who pay
for mains drainage, a reduction in sewerage charges may be
negotiable with their sewerage authority
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