Saving water should never become a public concern only in times of draught when water is undeniably scarce. The world water supply is finite. Every drop of water wasted is a drop less in a wild and scenic river, a drop less of a needed salmon run. Every drop of water that circles a drain unnecessarily wastes energy through the manufacturing of chemicals in the cycle of sewage treatment.

The world water supply is dwindling, and yet it is only water supply we will ever have. The water we use in our kitchens does not indicate an endless supply of safe, clean water. This water will be treated, and eventually will be returned to us, but in a chemically altered state from the previous time we used it.

Also, the less water we use, the less energy is required to deliver it to our homes. And since water heating is the second largest energy user in the home, we can have a tremendous impact by just getting a conscious grip on our faucets.

·          Did you know that 75% of the water we use in our homes is used in the bathroom?

·          Did you know that running a faucet requires 3 to 5 gallons of water every minute it is on?

·          You can easily use more than 5 gallons of water if you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth.

·          One water saving alternative is to wet and rinse your brush only as needed. This way only one half a gallon of water is used in the process.

·          If you shave with the water on, you use about 15 to 20 gallons of water each time. Another water saving alternative is to fill the basin. This way you only use 1 gallon of water. This saves up to 19 gallons each time you shave.

·          Washing dishes with the tap running can use an average of 30 gallons of water. If you fill the basin, you use about 5 gallons. This saves 25 gallons every time you do the dishes.

·          If you wash your car at home, using a hose, you can use up to 150 gallons of water. A trigger nozzle will save at least 50 gallons of water. If you use a self service car wash, you use 15 to 20 gallons. If you use a sponge and a bucket you use only 15 gallons. Savings could be in excess of 100 gallons each time.

·          A HOUSE HOLD CAN SAVE UP TO 20,000 GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR, BY JUST GETTING A LITERAL HANDLE ON IT’S FAUCETS. IF 100,000 HOUSEHOLDS GET A GRIP ON THEIR FAUCETS, WE SAVE 2 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER.

·          Only 3% of the earth's water is fresh water.

·          Just one part oil per million parts water (4 quarts per million gallons) will make water unfit for drinking.

·          The U.S. uses 450 billion gallons of water every day.

·          The smallest drip from a leaky faucet can waste over 50 gallons per day.

·          It takes 1,630,000 gallons of water to feed an American for a year.

·          In 6 months, a leaky toilet wastes 45,000 gallons of water.

·          To find a leak in your toilet: Put some die in the tank, if the color shows up in the bowl without a flush, you've a leak.

·          It takes 100 times more water to produce a pound of meat than a pound of wheat.

·          408 gallons of water are required to produce one serving of chicken.

·          It takes 1/2 gallon of water to cook a pot of macaroni, and one gallon to wash the pot.

·          Using a broom, not a hose, to clean a driveway and steps saves hundreds of gallons of water.

·          About 75% of the water we use in our homes is used in the bathroom.

·          99.5% of all fresh water on earth is in the ice caps and glaciers.

This is a partial list of the chemicals you may expect to find in your drinking water. This is the Priority Pollutants List from the EPA. STW™ suspects that since there are 80,000 to 100,000 chemicals in commercial use in the U.S. and worldwide that there are thousands more chemicals in our water that we don’t even know are there or test for.

1.      Acenaphthene

2.      Acrolein

3.      Acrylonitrile

4.      Benzene

5.      Benzidine

6.      Carbon tetrachloride

7.      Chlorobenzene

8.      1,2,4-trichlorobenzene

9.      Hexachlorobenzene

10.  1,2-dichloroethane

11.  1,1,1-trichloreothane

12.  Hexachloroethane

13.  1,1-dichloroethane

14.  1,1,2-trichloroethane

15.  1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane

16.  Chloroethane

17.  REMOVED

18.  Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether

19.  2-chloroethyl vinyl ethers

20.  2-chloronaphthalene

21.  2,4,6-trichlorophenol

22.  Parachlorometa cresol

23.  Chloroform

24.  2-chlorophenol

25.  1,2-dichlorobenzene

26.  1,3-dichlorobenzene

27.  1,4-dichlorobenzene

28.  3,3-dichlorobenzidine

29.  1,1-dichloroethylene

30.  1,2-trans-dichloroethylene

31.  2,4-dichlorophenol

32.  1,2-dichloropropane

33.  1,2-dichloropropylene

34.  2,4-dimethylphenol

35.  2,4-dinitrotoluene

36.  2,6-dinitrotoluene

37.  1,2-diphenylhydrazine

38.  Ethylbenzene

39.  Fluoranthene

40.  4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether

41.  4-bromophenyl phenyl ether

42.  Bis(2-chloroisopropyl) ether

43.  Bis(2-chloroethoxy) methane

44.  Methylene chloride

45.  Methyl chloride

46.  Methyl bromide

47.  Bromoform

48.  Dichlorobromomethane

49.  REMOVED

50.  REMOVED

51.  Chlorodibromomethane

52.  Hexachlorobutadiene

53.  Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

54.  Isophorone

55.  Naphthalene

56.  Nitrobenzene

57.  2-nitrophenol

58.  4-nitrophenol

59.  2,4-dinitrophenol

60.  4,6-dinitro-o-cresol

61.  N-nitrosodimethylamine

62.  N-nitrosodiphenylamine

63.  N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine

64.  Pentachlorophenol

65.  Phenol

66.  Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

67.  Butyl benzyl phthalate

68.  Di-N-Butyl Phthalate

69.  Di-n-octyl phthalate

70.  Diethyl Phthalate

71.  Dimethyl phthalate

72.  benzo(a) anthracene

73.  Benzo(a)pyrene

74.  Benzo(b) fluoranthene

75.  Benzo(b) fluoranthene

76.  Chrysene

77.  Acenaphthylene

78.  Anthracene

79.  Benzo(ghi) perylene

80.  Fluorene

81.  Phenanthrene

82.  Dibenzo(,h) anthracene

83.  Indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene

84.  Pyrene

85.  Tetrachloroethylene

86.  Toluene

87.  Trichloroethylene

88.  Vinyl chloride

89.  Aldrin

90.  Dieldrin

91.  Chlordane

92.  4,4-DDT

93.  4,4-DDE

94.  4,4-DDD

95.  Alpha-endosulfan

96.  Beta-endosulfan

97.  Endosulfan sulfate

98.  Endrin

99.  Endrin aldehyde

100.   Heptachlor

101.   Heptachlor epoxide

102.   Alpha-BHC

103.   Beta-BHC

104.   Gamma-BHC

105.   Delta-BHC

106.   PCB¨C1242 (Arochlor 1242)

107.   PCB¨C1254 (Arochlor 1254)

108.   PCB¨C1221 (Arochlor 1221)

109.   PCB¨C1232 (Arochlor 1232)

110.   PCB¨C1248 (Arochlor 1248)

111.   PCB¨C1260 (Arochlor 1260)

112.   PCB¨C1016 (Arochlor 1016)

113.   Toxaphene

114.   Antimony

115.   Arsenic

116.   Asbestos

117.   Beryllium

118.   Cadmium

119.   Chromium

120.   Copper

121.   Cyanide, Total

122.   Lead

123.   Mercury

124.   Nickel

125.   Selenium

126.   Silver

127.   Thallium