As a society, we have a seemingly limitless supply of water readily …show more content…
Based on calculations done by National Geographic, almost half of the water used in agriculture is wasted. When taking this into account when thinking about the garden at IDEAS Academy, there are so many different ways to make the garden more water efficient. The American Ground Water Trust has posed a possible solution to help prevent water waste. Through a shallow groundwater well IDEAS Academy would be able to take the rainwater that seeps into the ground and reuse it to irrigate the garden. Another solution proposed by them would be a rainfall collection tank would trap rainwater which otherwise would mostly be wasted a disperse the water over time to …show more content…
Water saving technology can vary from water aerators to flush valves. A water aerator is a fitting in which you place on the end of a water faucet to restrict the flow of water without it feeling like it is. The average household faucet uses about 2.5 gallons of water per minute. Replacing your old fitting with a new efficient one can reduce the water consumption of that sink by 80%. Water saving flush valves help regulate the max capacity in which a toilet can fill. What they do is they only allow the minimum amount of water needed to fill a toilet so as to save water. Shallow groundwater wells are a great way to irrigate a garden since they reuse the water that washes into the ground preventing water waste. These are just a few pieces of technology that would rapidly decrease the amount of water IDEAS Academy uses