Keep Your Floors Looking Shiny Without Hurting Your Water Bill

A clean home is a happy home. There is nothing quite like the feeling of a freshly cleaned room. Crisp furniture, dusted shelves, and a shiny floor make any homeowner happy. Unfortunately, many homeowners pay a price for a home this clean. To have shiny floors means that your floors are kept clean. However, it is possible to keep your tiled, hardwood, epoxy flooring, and polished concrete floors clean without increasing your water bill. Just follow these few simple tricks.

Don’t rinse with running water.

The most obvious way to cut on water usage while cleaning your floors is to stop your faucet from running continuously. Sure, you could only turn the faucet on when you need to wet your rag or mop. However, the best way to cut down on usage is to simply fill a bucket with water. Of course, this idea may seem obvious, but sometimes it is easy to miss simple ideas. If so, no need to worry – just grab that bucket next time!=

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What is a Stormwater Management Plan?

One of the biggest issues associated with housing developments and activities moving into natural areas is the management of runoff waters. That is because excess water flowing through undeveloped land is usually absorbed into the soil. When impervious materials like concrete, cement and asphalt are introduced into the environment in parking lots, house foundations and new buildings, water cannot infiltrate back into the soil and runs off, creating potentially damaging flooding.

Usually this flooding is the result of precipitation or snow/ice melting. If the water does not soak back into the ground, it either evaporates or it runs off into other land areas or into streams, rivers or other bodies of water. This can cause erosion and pollution. The first run-off of a storm is called the “first flush.” The water picks up pollutants from the ground and delivers them to nearby stream or other bodies of water. In homes, the result can be basement flooding and sewer backup. Besides ruining furniture and carpets and damaging walls and foundations, consistent flooding can cause mold growth and other issues that affect health for homeowners.

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Eco Friendly Office Cleaning

When it comes to modern offices, people are going green. Commercial cleaning services are looking for better alternatives to harsh solutions and many restrooms are switching away from antibacterial soaps. Whether you’re looking to reduce your office cleaning to hot soap and water, or go even a step beyond that, you’ve come to the right place. It’s important to keep your workplace clean, but it’s also important to think of the effects of the methods employed to do so.

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Control Water Waste with Xeriscaping

According to the EPA, “as much as 50 percent of the water we use outdoors is wasted from inefficient watering methods and systems.” Fortunately, many homeowners are modifying their landscape techniques to reverse this trend. This type of water conscious landscaping is referred to as Xeriscaping. If you’re ready to venture into Xeriscaping, here are a few steps you can take to start saving water today.

Plant Selection
When possible, select native or drought tolerate plants for your yard. Native plants will thrive in your climate and require far less maintenance than non-native selections. If you decide to plant some of the more water guzzling varieties, group plants with similar water needs together. It’s also important to note that grass often requires more water than other landscaping choices. Depending on how you will use the area, other options such as ground covers, shrubs, patios or gravel, may be more viable.

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