Plumbing Superheroes Can Always Be Trusted to Bring Clean Water for Everyone
You may sing the praises of your plumbers every time they fix a leak or unclog a blocked drain, but there's another reason you should be thanking plumbers when you see them: clean water.
The clean water that comes into your house and the wastewater that’s carried away is done so through pipes and plumbing systems that are installed and maintained by plumbers, so without these skilled tradespeople; we’d all be in a whole lot of hot water.
Chipping in and Doing Your Part for Water Conservation
Saving water is an integral and easy task that anybody can do. As a family, there are many things you can do in your home on the Gold Coast to cut down on water use. Not only will this help out your local plumber, but it will also reduce your water bills, and help with the global water crisis. Here are some ideas for cutting down on water use:
Garden: apply a layer of mulch over trees and plants, water in the morning and evening, install a rain barrel, and reuse greywater from the kitchen.
Bathroom: take shorter showers, install low-flow toilets, fixtures, and showerheads, and flush the toilet less by never flushing food waste or garbage.
Kitchen: replace the garbage disposal with a composter, fill the sink to wash and rinse dishes, only run the dishwasher when you have a full load, wash vegetables and fruit in a bowl, and stop buying bottled water.
Around the house: check taps, showerheads, toilets, pipes, and hoses regularly for leaks, insulate your hot water pipes, and don’t leave the water running when you don’t need it.
The Unsung Role of the Plumber: Clean Water and Your Family
You may not realise just how much you rely on clean water, but there are many activities that require it. And without the maintained indoor plumbing systems that transport and protect water as it moves from its source to a treatment plant to your house, there's no way the water in your home could be trusted.
But thanks to Gold Coast plumbers and beyond, you can rest assured that your pipes are working as they should be, that your water isn't being contaminated, that no blockages are preventing the proper flow of water to and from your house, and that no water is being wasted through leaks.
Household Reliance on Clean Water
Clean water isn't just something that you need because you have to drink a certain amount to stay hydrated. Potable water is also required when you cook, preserve food with a water bath, wash the car, do laundry, give the dog a bath, take a shower, make a cup of tea, wash produce, swim in the pool, water the garden, and more.
And in any of these instances, using contaminated water could have serious effects on your health and the health of your family and pets. The most common sources of contamination are:
Heavy Metals: which can lead to nausea, vomiting, confusion, numbness, headaches, weakness, joint and muscle pain, coma, and more.
Pathogens: which include viruses and bacteria, and which can cause, nausea, vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, and respiratory disease.
Pesticides and Herbicides: which can lead to weakness and fatigue, nervousness, loss of appetite and weight loss, sore joints, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, and skin.
Nitrites: which can cause blue skin, respiratory distress, headache, fatigue, and breathing difficulties.
Clean water is necessary to live for many reasons, and there are plenty of things that you do around the house, at the office, and at school that relies on this precious resource. In order to show appreciation for clean water and the plumbers that help provide it, it’s important to take steps to conserve water in the garden, kitchen, bathroom, and elsewhere around the house.
