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Here are some helpful tips on how to conserve
water
The more than 14,000 residents
who call LeFrak City
home use about 650,000
gallons of water each day. That’s
nearly 24 million gallons of water
each year.
Every time you flush the toilet,
take a shower or do the dishes,
you’re using gallons of water. In
fact, more than a third of an average
household’s water consumption
comes from toilet flushes,
which account for 37% of daily
water usage.
In a given day, 24% of the water you
use comes from showers and baths;
another 22% comes from kitchen
and bathroom sinks. And 17% of
daily water usage, whether you know
it or not, comes from leaks.
If everyone does their part in
reporting leaks or curtailing water
consumption, LeFrak City residents
can help save thousands of
gallons of water each year. That
helps protect our environment and
keeps Queens a beautiful, green
place to live.
Follow these easy ways to save
water:
• Report a leak! A leaky faucet or
toilet may not seem like a big
deal, but unrepaired leaks account
for an estimated 17% of
household water usage. That’s
a lot of wasted water, so please
contact Management immediately
if you spot a leak in your
apartment.
• Shower, don’t bathe! It takes
about 70 gallons of water to fill
the standard bathtub. Using a
standard showerhead, a fiveminute
shower uses just 25 gallons
of water. If you do want to
treat yourself to a bath, please
close the drain before turning on
the water, and only fill your tub
halfway.
• Shorten your shower! Every
minute you shorten your shower
saves up to 75 gallons of water
per month. If every LeFrak
City resident cut their showers
by one minute each, more than
1,000,000 gallons of water would
be conserved each month. It
makes a huge difference!
• Turn off the tap! Most people
leave the bathroom sink faucet
running while they wash their
faces, brush their teeth or shave.
Turning off the tap, however, can
save 70 gallons of water or more
per month. One simple way to
save water is to brush your teeth
while waiting for the water to get
hot, then to wash or shave once
the basin is filled.
• Don’t flush if you don’t have to!
Rather than throwing tissues or
other light waste in the toilet,
throw it in the trash can.
• Get a handle on it! If your toilet
handle sticks frequently, your
toilet could be running and
wasting water long after you’ve
flushed. Have the sticks replaced
or adjusted to slow the flow back
to normal.
• Fill the sink! If you wash your
dishes by hand, please fill the
sink rather than letting the faucet
run. Doing this will save between
8 and 15 gallons of water
daily.
• Store your water. Keep a pitcher
of drinking water in the refrigerator
instead of turning on the tap
and letting it run until the water
gets cold.
• Reuse your water! There’s no reason
to pour unused clean water
down the drain. Use it instead
to clean your home or water a
house plant.
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Around the grounds
» You can also help LeFrak City
conserve water by keeping
a careful eye out for waste
around the grounds.
» If you believe a washing
machine is ineffi cient, or if
you think it is leaking, please
inform Management right
away.
» When lawns are being
watered this summer, make
a mental note of the time of
day you see the sprinklers
on. Lawns are best watered
while the sun is down to
reduce evaporation. Report to
Management any instance in
which you see the sprinklers
running during the middle of
the day.
» Also let Management know if
you see someone using water
to clean walkways instead of
sweeping them, or if you spot
broken sprinklers or leaky or
broken pipes.