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• Daily Water Tip: Shorten your shower by a minute or two and you’ll save up to 150 gallons per month. #
• Daily Water Tip: Upgrade older toilets with water efficient models. #
• Watch and share the Water – Use It Wisely 12 Days of Christmas video – http://tinyurl.com/9bxudy #
• Daily Water Tip: Adjust your lawn mower to a higher setting. A taller lawn shades roots and holds moisture better than if closely clipped. #
• Daily Water Tip: When cleaning out fish tanks, give the nutrient-rich water to your plants. #
• Daily Water Tip: Use sprinklers for large areas of grass. Water small patches by hand to avoid waste. #
• Daily Water Tip: Put food coloring in your toilet tank. If it seeps into the toilet bowl you have a leak. Fixing it saves 1000 gallons/month #
• Daily Water Tip: When running a bath, plug the tub before turning the water on, then adjust the temperature as the tub fills up. #

Stuffed toys are a holiday gifting staple famous for causing UFC-style fights around store shelves. This year, instead of getting wrapped up in the frenzy to get the last poorly manufactured fad, why not go the more unique and environmentally friendly route?

Idbids are handcrafted stuffed toys that teach parents and children about the importance of environmental stewardship. Our personal favorite is “Waverly,” an idbid whose mission it is to spread the word about water conservation. 

Waverly comes with a photographic storybook, field guide that provides simple conservation activities, and a backpack to keep track of all your efforts. Of course, all idbid materials, including Waverly himself are made with recycled and eco-friendly materials. 

Pick up your idbid here.

Flowing water is a beautiful site when visiting our national parks. But when it’s a leaky hose in the backyard that flow is a major source of water loss and can cause some pretty severe damage over time.

Our tenth water-saving recommendation is the Hose Bib Lock, an item that prevents both water-theft and water waste. By simply screwing the Hose Bib Lock fitting onto the end of any garden hose, then securing it with a padlock, the Hose Bib Lock ensures that no one without a key can access the hose. Our favorite feature of course is that when locked that once leaky hose becomes a model for water conservation efficiency.

So if you’re looking for the perfect stocking stuffer throw a Hose Bib Lock in the mix. You’ll instantly become the savviest and most practical giver in the whole bunch – a position everyone covets come this time of year.

For all of you eager to hear the Water – Use It Wisely 12 Days of Christmas in song, we’ve done one better and made a full-fledged music video. So watch, share and watch again. Maybe even create your own version. Above all, enjoy it.  The effort was a labor of love and something the participants will not soon forget.

Remember when you were a kid and someone got you that volcano making kit?  If you didn’t get one of those, then you undoubtedly received a microscope somewhere along the way. Your parents were thinking that they could disguise an educational tool as a holiday toy. Well it fooled you then and for our next recommendation were throwing something out there that gives you the chance to pull the same trick on your kids.

The indoor water conservation kit includes everything that you and the younger members of your family need to embark on a full-fledged water-saving effort. Included is an earth massage shower head, leak detection tablets, kitchen and bathroom aerators, flow meter bag, the aforementioned toilet tank bank, and even more. 

The indoor water conservation kit puts you and your family well on your way to water-saving expert status. To pick up your indoor water conservation kit, visit the EarthEasy.com store.

There are a few things that are an absolute must around the holidays – the tree, egg nog, wrapping paper, and of course, a working toilet.  As the holidays approach and your home becomes crowded with your closest friends and family, it can be argued that nothing is more important than a fully functioning toilet. 

Surely you have one of these already but as soon as uncle Marty starts pounding that egg nog your toilet could be in for a military style workout.  As the flushes increase, so does the water waste. So for our eighth recommendation in the Water – Use It Wisely 12 Days of Christmas, we’d like to point you in the direction of the “toilet tank bank.”

The toilet tank bank is a handy item that when filled with water and placed in your toilet reservoir  saves up to .8 gallons of water per flush. Designed with non-corrosive materials that resist microbes and fungal growth, the toilet tank bank increases your toilets performance while saving water with every flush. It’s anti-evaporation snap airlock means it never needs refilling and prevents odors along the way. 

So what screams holiday cheer better than the toilet tank bank?  We say nothing, which is why we’re encouraging you to visit EarthEasy.com to pick one up today.

• Daily Water Tip: Soak pots and pans instead of letting the water run while you scrape them clean. #
• Daily Water Tip: Use a broom instead of a hose to clean your driveway and sidewalk and save water every time. #
• Daily Water Tip: If your shower fills a one-gallon bucket in less than 20 seconds, replace the showerhead with a water-efficient model. #
• Daily Water Tip: Know where your master water shut-off valve is located. This could save water and prevent damage to your home. #
• Daily Water Tip: We’re more likely to notice leaks indoors, but don’t forget to check outdoor faucets, sprinklers and hoses for leaks. #
• Daily Water Tip: Use a commercial car wash that recycles water. #
• Daily Water Tip: When buying an appliance, consider those with cycle and load size adjustments. They’re more water and energy efficient. #

Earlier in the week we recommended an ergonomic broom as a perfect water-saving gift.  It’s a great way to replace the water wasted when hosing down a garage, driveway or porch.  But we’re nothing at Water – Use It Wisely if not realists and we know there are times when nothing replaces a hose. There’s something about the steady stream flowing from a hose that is both soothing and powerful (surely Freud would have a good explanation for this). 

The problem is that many of us don’t realize just how much water is wasted with a hose.  Forget the typical overuse, the leaks and arrant sprays that are enough to make even a modest water conservationist squirm. So, for those insistent on using a hose, we’d like to recommend the WaterWatch meter as the next in our series of water-saving holiday gifts. 

After being easily screwed onto the end of your hose, the WaterWatch meter shows you exactly how much water you are using. Aside from keeping us accountable in our water conservation efforts, the WaterWatch meter has many other beneficial uses including:

• Measure how much water to add to your RV water tanks
• Accurately and quickly measure water for mixing fertilizers
• Track the amount of water used when washing the car

So we’d like to encourage all you “hoser’s” out there to pick up your WaterWatch meter this holiday season.  

To purchase your WaterWatch meter visit the eartheasy.com store here.

It’s likely the last time any of us spent any time caring about boiling water we were in our high school chemistry class laughing at our friend’s safety goggles and giggling about the word beaker.  Since then the boiling of water has been an after thought, reserved for such delicacies as macaroni and cheese and ramen noodles.  But the truth is that unless you’re meticulously measuring the amount of water boiled, you’re probably using far more water than necessary. 

Enter the Eco Kettle – a water storage and preparation device that ensures only the necessary amount of water is measured and boiled. The patented “dual chamber system holds 1.5 liters ready for use that is released into a separate chamber when an amount is entered on the measuring button.  All it takes is filling it up, deciding how much water to boil, pushing a button and wah lah! Any amount from one cup to full capacity instantly measured and boiled. 

Anyone from gourmet chef to dorm room amateur can benefit from the Eco Kettle.  And by pressing a few buttons to measure their water use, they’re helping all of us in the necessary effort to conserve water.

Pick up your Eco Kettle at ecokettle.com. 

Unless sporting a cut off Judas Priest t-shirt, cranking your favorite metal record and grabbing the hose to give the ole’ Camaro a scrub down is something you look forward to, it’s likely washing your car is more hassle than anything else.  

Whether using your own driveway or traveling elsewhere, washing your can be a huge water waster. Thus, for our fifth water saving gift, we’d like to introduce you to something that turns washing the car from hassle to serenity. 

Bayes Waterless Vehicle Wash is a miracle unto itself.  With nothing more than the bottle and a rag, Bayes Waterless Vehicle Wash promises to clean, shine and protect your vehicle.  And trust us, it works.  We’ve tried it ourselves and the results were pretty amazing.  Perfectly clean and not a drop of water spilt.

So, when the weather turns cold, money gets tight, or you just can’t pull yourself away from that “Three’s Company” marathon, Bayes Waterless Vehicle Wash is the perfect fast and practical water conservation tool for car washers everywhere.

To pick up your Bayes Waterless Vehicle Wash click here.