Outdoor Water Use for Your Home
Outdoor water use includes activities like lawn and garden watering, car washing, and filling pools. To reduce waste, consider using native or drought-tolerant plants, watering during cooler parts of the day, and maintaining efficient sprinkling systems. Water-wise landscaping and mindful outdoor habits can significantly lower water use while supporting long-term conservation goals.
Understanding your Home’s Outdoor Water Use
Every home has different water use depending on the number of people living there and their habits. However, sprinkling is typically the largest use regardless of how many people live in a home. How you water a lawn can have a big impact on your water bill.
Learn how your water use translates into what you pay on your monthly utility bill.
Sprinkling Systems
Watering your lawn is like heating and cooling your home:
- Everyone has their preferences for the “right” settings to use
- Sometimes nature impacts how much you need to do
- And it’s hard to know in the moment whether the choices you are making are the most efficient.
Here are some helpful ideas and suggestions to use irrigation water wisely.
Heatwave Sprinkling Hold Off
Holland BPW’s Heatwave Sprinkling Hold Off helps our residential customers save water on hot, dry days. This initiative encourages water conservation and protects against costly infrastructure investments. Sign up to receive notifications for water conservation action days.
Indoor Water Use
There are many ways to save water inside and outside your house. Click the button below to discover more ways to conserve water inside your home.