In most countries, you have to pay for the water you use. It is part of the expense of necessary utilities and often depends on your consumption of water. Additionally many countries often suffer from a perennial shortage of water. Just think that to be able to use water, the water has first to be collected in dams and reservoirs, purified, filtered, treated and then piped to reach you. There is a great deal of expense involved in the whole exercise so that you can get potable water.

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It is very easy to be in a shower and lose track of time, unless you are one of those always in a rush type of person. While there are shower timers and clocks, this is a more innovative idea. It is the Water Pebble which is place near the drain. The first time it is used, it ‘memorizes’ how much time you have taken in the shower. Its lights flash from green to amber to red, like traffic lights.

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A composting toilet is the natural answer to toilet problems. Suppose you want to install a toilet in a basement or shed, or a camp or an outdoor place which has poor soil conditions and it is not possible to use a septic tank or get a water connection. What do you do? Envirolet has a solution and that its composting toilet.

This waterless toilet is easy to install and looks stylish as well. Made of strong polyurethane, these toilets can be models which require very little water or no water at all. Some of the toilets require no power source at all, while other run on battery or electricity.

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Imagine that you are at sea or in a coastal area and there is no potable drinking water available. But it is not a case of water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink. Because, thanks to this incredible handy Rewave, you can convert sea water into drinking water.

Designed by Yu-Hong Chen, this device not only desalinates the water but is eco-friendly because it recycles the water into drinking water and does not even consume any energy to do so. It uses wave power as a source of energy.

Using reverse osmosis, the sea water goes in from the aperture at the bottom and after the desalinating process is over, comes out from a pipe at the top. The filters, which need to be changed once they are dirty, are also made from recycled materials. So you can theoretically get a pure and limitless supply of drinking water from the sea.

When celebrities join the green movement it gives the movement a boost. Now Lindsay Lohan’s mother, Dina, is launching a http://worldental.org/dental-news/lindsay-lohans-mother-launches-eco-friendly-toothbrush/1202/ which will help conserve water.

It is estimated that each person wastes approximately 2 gallons of water daily on oral hygiene. So if wastage is reduced it can help conserve a great deal of potable water. In conjunction with UTC Aqua free, Dina, is making a toothbrush with a cartridge system which will dispense liquid toothpaste. Dubbed the Lohan Freedom Brush this will help reduce wastage of 2 gallons of water per head per day.

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There are many parts of the world where space is a premium. And even in places with large land masses, there may be areas which can use a small toilet cum sink which will save both space and water. Designed by Dang Jingwei of Home Core this one looks futuristic as well.

The eco-friendly toilet cum sink is a commode with a sink on the top. When you want to use the toilet you can swivel the sink out of the way. Then when you need to use the sink, you put it back above the toilet. It comes with a mirror and table attached. It may be a bit small and quirky though it can probably save a great deal of water.

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There are many different water bottles available in the market and there are even expensive branded ones. Most people carry some water with them, when they are traveling or going gymming or if there are children going to school and they want to carry their own water or beverage.

However, plastic bottles are not environmentally friendly. Additionally plastics may not be Bisphenol-a free and the chemical can leach into the water you store and drink from a plastic bottle. Ecousable’s stainless steel bottles are BPA free and being made of stainless steel are recycled and recyclable.

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Water which is flushed away is water down the drain in more ways than one. While there are many water saving flushes in the market, the MJSI HYR270 HydroRight Drop-in Dual Flush Converter is simple and easy to install in almost all flush tanks, requiring no tools. This eco-friendly flush converter can help you save as much 70 percent water.

However, there are a few constraints to its use – check out the size of your toilet and whether your flush has standard size flappers or not. That said the MJSI HYR270 HydroRight Drop-in Dual Flush Converter fits most toilets, except the Mansfield ones.

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Whichever kind of tap you have, there is always a tendency to leave it on while washing dishes, defrosting frozen foods, shaving, brushing and the like. This results in considerable water wastage and is not an eco-friendly practice because to have potable water on tap is in itself a big thing.

Harvey Bewley has come out with a new Twist Tap which helps you avoid water wastage. It has to be twisted and cranked to increase the water pressure. The more you twist it, the more water you will get. It is even more environmentally friendly because it aerates the water so that it is mixed with air, so you use even less.

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There is nothing as important as water and if you can get water from air, you are saving water from the tap and reducing your water bills as well. Typically most offices have water dispensers and some use bottled water as well. The EcoloBlue 28 Atmospheric Water Generator is a unit which makes water from the air.

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