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Water-saving habits well worth learning SUPPLEMENT TO McHENRY PLAINDEALER - PAGE 24 -WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, lt78 Water conservation is fast becoming a necessity. I he experts at Eljer Plumb ingware, a leading fixture manufacturer, have shown that water-saving fixture and fittings can significantly reduce water waste--and water bills. In addition. Fljcr suggests some water-saving habits around the house: In thr kitchen You can stop squandering water when washing dishes by hand. " Pond" wash water in one basin, rinse water in the other, or a pan. Use a nylon net scrubber to remove sticky foods. This cuts rinsing which wastes about five gallons a minute. If you have an automatic dishwasher, make every load count. Fill the racks. You don't have to pre-rinse dishes with most units, either. If you must remove a sticky sub­ stance. do it by soaking uten­ sils in detergent, not running water. Read your operating man­ ual. Some machines use shorter wash cycles for some types of loads. That means less water. Fill your garbage disposal before using. Don't run this Water-guzzler separately for every scrap. Don't waste water by run-- ning the tap until the water cools; keep a bottle in your refrigerator for those cool drinks. Keep a pan of sudsy water on a kitchen counter for rins­ ing your hands as you go from one household chore to another. This rinse can sanitarily be used many times during the day. avoiding the need for turning on a faucet over and over. In the laundry Wash full loads. If you must do a small load, use the water-saver level switch which saves as much as 12 gallons a cycle. „ Check into equipping your machine with a suds saver which stores wash water for re-use during the second cy­ cle. It could save literally thousands of gallons a year. Fiesta Day Events Sunday, July 23 ^ 1:00p.m. Fire Department Water Fights-Riverside Drive at CityrPark Wednesday, July 26 7:00p.m. Teen Night-City Park Thursday, July 27 8:00p.m. Stage Band - City Park Friday, July 28 6:30 p.m. Aquanuts Water Ski Show - Fox River - City Beach on Riverside Drive 8:00 p.m. Checkerboard Squares - City Park Saturday, July 29 8:30a.m. Sidewalk Sale Throughout city 7:30p.m. Banjo Beer Night-City Park Sunday, July 30 2:00p.m. Fiesta Days Parade 6:45 p.m. Drum Corps Magic - McCracken Field J . . . AW*