Steps we can all take to protect our Water
Best Household Practices – Home Truths
The StreamScapes method views our toilets, sinks, baths and showers as tributaries to our rivers. What we put in them has a huge capacity to impact on local water quality and biodiversity.
Outside our homes, and in our gardens and yards we have an equal ability to create or destroy natural habitats. The tips below will help restore water quality and biodiversity.
Avoid any cleaning products with phosphates or bleach – they spoil the good work of your sewage treatment plant / septic tank, leading to aquatic pollution – use ‘eco-frriendly’ products instead.
Use the minimum of any cleaning product – enough is enough
Do not use in-sink food macerators (they put added strain on sewage treatment) – compost your vegetable waste and use as fertiliser in your garden.
Any household product labelled hazard or poison or irritant must be treated as toxic waste – when disposing of, follow Local Authority guidelines and do not put in drains!
Keep your garden low maintenance and low water dependent, but covered in established sod (and not hard surfaced) to avoid contributing to peak urban rainfall run-off. Use native plants and trees to establish suitable local habitats.
Avoid herbicides, pesticides and application of fertilisers – find natural ways to garden.
Finally, control your use of water at home and in the garden – treat it as the precious substance that it is.
Avoid any cleaning products with phosphates or bleach – they spoil the good work of your sewage treatment plant / septic tank, leading to aquatic pollution – use ‘eco-frriendly’ products instead.
Use the minimum of any cleaning product – enough is enough
Do not use in-sink food macerators (they put added strain on sewage treatment) – compost your vegetable waste and use as fertiliser in your garden.
Any household product labelled hazard or poison or irritant must be treated as toxic waste – when disposing of, follow Local Authority guidelines and do not put in drains!
Keep your garden low maintenance and low water dependent, but covered in established sod (and not hard surfaced) to avoid contributing to peak urban rainfall run-off. Use native plants and trees to establish suitable local habitats.
Avoid herbicides, pesticides and application of fertilisers – find natural ways to garden.
Finally, control your use of water at home and in the garden – treat it as the precious substance that it is.
Don’t let nature go down the drain.
