The summer is here and everyone is using more water to keep their lawns looking fresh. Last week we shared some ways to balance your water usage and conserve water inside your home. Here are ways to save water in the kitchen:

• Limit dishwasher use to full loads. Let really dirty dishes/pans soak to speed washing.
• Use one glass each day for your drinking water to cut down on the number of times you use the dishwasher.
• Store drinking water in the refrigerator to keep cold instead of running the tap when you want cool water.
• When washing by hand, fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water.
• Don’t use running water to thaw food – defrost in refrigerator or microwave.
• Install an instant water heater near the kitchen sink to avoid running the water while it heats up.

Check our safety tips page for more water conservation tips!

The summer is here and everyone is using more water to keep their lawns looking fresh. Here are a few ways to balance your water usage and conserve water inside your home:

• Turning off the water while your brush your teeth can save 4 gallons of water a minute. That’s 200 gallons a week for a family of four!
• Turning off the water while you shave can save more than 100 gallons of water a week.
• Fixing a leak can save 500 gallons of water each month.
• Every toilet flush you eliminate can save between two and seven gallons of water.
• Taking showers instead of baths can save 30 gallons of water. (Filling up the bathtub uses about 50 gallons of water!)
• Keeping your shower under 5 minutes can save up to 1,000 gallons a month.
• Using a water-saving shower head can save your family 500 gallons a week.

Check our safety tips page for more water conservation tips!

If your water heater, gas or electric, has been submerged in water DO NOT ATTEMPT to repair, install or operate the product. Due to the conductivity of water along with its corrosive properties all operational controls are rendered unsafe. As for the insulation properties of the product, it would have become saturated with water, which cannot be removed resulting in exterior corrosion and failure of the product.

The affected water heater(s) should be removed, made unusable and replaced.

As a further note, manufacturer’s warranties will not be applied when the product has been damaged by flood.

If you are unsure whether your water heater has been affected by a recent storm, contact Russo Bros. & Co. at 973-887-1334 ((973) 887-1334) and a qualified technician will evaluate your situation and recommend all available options.

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• Insulate the hot water pipes coming from your water heater.
• Set the thermostat to 120 degrees F or less for normal use.
• If the side of the water heater is hot, install an insulation blanket. Make sure to use the appropriate type for your heater and to follow the manufacturers’ installation instructions carefully.

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• Insulate your attic, walls, ceilings and floors to prevent heat loss.
• Take advantage of passive solar energy by opening drapes during the day to capture the sun’s warmth then closing them at night to prevent heat loss through windows.
• Keep fireplace dampers shut until you prepare to light a fire. An open damper in a 48” fireplace can let as much as 8% of your home’s heat escape through the chimney.
• Avoid heating unused areas by closing off unused rooms and shutting off heat vents.
• Consider installing storm windows and doors. Quality windows can result in cost savings of as much as 15% per year.

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