Before using water, allow yourself the time to think about how often and how much you use. Our day-to-day routine revolves around drinking, washing, cleaning and cooking with water. These rituals remain but the way in which we use water, in each of these routines, can be altered to make a difference to our consumption and our longer term awareness of usage.

So next time you fill the bucket to mop the floor, turn on the shower and then run for the phone, or leave the hose running whilst you wash the car, think carefully about what you are doing. You can help save our water, not waste it.

Ripple Products was created to help everyone become more aware of the water that they use. Our product range help to communicate this message. We believe that what we do, what we say and how we act can cause a ripple in our community. Help yourself, teach a friend or educate your children. It will all make a difference. It will all create a ripple.

• 30% of water use in the home is in the shower.
• Having a bath can use twice as much water as a shower.
• Leave the tap running and you will waste 15 litres of water a minute.
• Retro showerheads use about 20 litres of water per minute.
• AAA rated showerheads use about 11 litres of water per minute.