Kitchen

About six per cent of household water is used in the kitchen. A running kitchen tap can use around nine litres of water a minute.

• Instead of running water to wash vegetables or rinse dishes, put a plug in the sink or use a bowl.
• Use your dishwasher only when you have a full load and use the economy cycle. Each time you use the dishwasher, you could be using between 18 and 40 litres of water—depending on the age of your dishwasher.

• Use the ‘rinse and hold' setting, if your dishwasher has one, instead of rinsing dishes under the tap before placing them in the dishwasher.