Water Conservation Tips for the Winter

Winter is coming! Here are some tips to save yourself some headache later in the season.

1. Protect your pipes! You can buy faucet covers, but if not available you can wrap a towel around the faucet and use something like tape to secure it in place to insulate.
2. Put up outdoor hoses. Right before winter is a good time to drain and store your water hoses inside. Don’t forget to cover the exposed faucets.
3. Look for leaks. A very effective way to do this is turn off the water inside and outside your home, take a meter reading, wait 15 minutes, then take another reading.
4. Shut off your sprinkler. To conserve water and prevent damage to your system, turn off your irrigation. If your system has a main shut off, turn off the water supply to the system, wrap any exposed pipe, and drain your lines.