{"id":240064,"date":"2022-10-14T13:38:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/make-every-drop-count\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T11:38:37","slug":"make-every-drop-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/make-every-drop-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Make every drop count"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202210\/waterhands.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued tips to help residents to save water.<\/p>\n<p>The department stressed that South Africa is a water scarce country, and that every effort must be made to save the precious resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find and fix leak: Leaks can waste a lot of water, especially if they are undetected or underground and left for a long time.<\/li>\n<li>If you are brushing your teeth or shaving, do not use a running tap. Use a tumbler or only run the tap when you need to rinse.<\/li>\n<li>Take a five-minute shower a day, instead of a bath. This will use a third of the water compared to bathing in a bath tub, saving up to 400 litres a week.<\/li>\n<li>Never leave running taps unattended.<\/li>\n<li>If you are washing dishes, plug the sink and do not wash or rinse your dishes under a running tap.<\/li>\n<li>Kettles should not be filled to the brim but with just enough water for your needs. This will reduce your electricity bill too.<\/li>\n<li>Do not overfill containers like cooking pots, as this may result in using more energy to heat the water;<\/li>\n<li>Fix a leaking toilet, as it can waste up to 100&nbsp;000 litres of water in one year.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid flushing the toilet unnecessarily. Dispose of tissues, insects and other waste in the trash rather than the toilet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued tips to help residents to save water. The department stressed that South Africa is a water scarce country, and that every effort must be made to save the precious resource. Tips Find and fix leak: Leaks can waste a lot of water, especially if they are undetected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-240064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/make-every-drop-count.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}