Ungakubona kanjani ukuvuza kwamanzi ekhaya lakho

Ukulimala kwamanzi yisona sizathu esiyinhloko sezicelo ezigwemekayo zomshwalense womninikhaya e-USA. Ngokuhambisana ne-Insurance Info Institute, isigaba "sokulimala kwamanzi nokubanda" yinhloso yesibili evamile yesimemezelo somshuwalense, ngemva kokulimala komoya nesichotho.

Simcelile u-Eric Palm, umongameli we-American Water Assets (I-AWR), ingalo yabahlinzeki bendlu ye-American Water, ukucacisa ukuthi yini engenzeka uma ukuvuza kungabonakali kanye nendlela abanikazi abangase bakhuthalele ngayo ukubhekana nezindawo zamanzi. Izimpendulo zakhe ezithunyelwe nge-imeyili zingaphansi:

Q: Cacisa inkinga yokuvuza kwamanzi endlini. Ayini amathuba okuvuza kumnikazi wendlu ojwayelekile?

Isundu: Ukuvuza kwamanzi endlini kwenzeka ngokwedlulele kunalokho obukucabanga. Abaninikhaya banjalo 5 izikhathi eziningi amathuba okuba nekhono lokulimaza amanzi kunokweba kanye 6 kwenzeka okungaphezu kokulimala kweziko. Ngokuhambisana ne-EPA, 10 p.c yezakhiwo inokuvuza kwamanzi okumosha okungenani 90 amalitha amanzi ngosuku - kaningi ngaphandle kolwazi lomninikhaya. Lokhu kuyafana nokuthi mayelana 2.5 obhavu ofakwe amanzi.

Q: Kungani kudingeka ukuthola ukuvuza??

A: Kanye nokulimaza ingqalasizinda yendawo yakho, ukuvuza kwamanzi kulahlekelwa amanzi amaningi kakhulu futhi kumosha insiza ewusizo kakhulu yomhlaba wethu.. Eqinisweni, ukuqhuma kwepayipi elingu-1/8-intshi kungase kubangele okuningi 250 amalitha okulahlekelwa kwamanzi ngesikhathi sosuku - cishe inani lobhavu abayisithupha.

Q: Abanikazi bangakwazi kanjani ukubona ukuvuza ngaphambi kokuba benze umonakalo?

A: Bheka phambili emanzini amabala kuma-partitions noma ophahleni, noma amachibi okubhukuda amanzi alandela imishini yasekhaya njengomshini wokuwasha izitsha noma ifriji. Naka sengathi indlu yokugezela idonsa amanzi/igcwalisa kabusha noma ukuconsa kompompi. Okokugcina, sesha ama-spikes ku-invoyisi yakho yamanzi, njengoba ukuqedwa kwenyanga nenyanga okuphakeme kungase kubonise ukuvuza.

Q: Yini abanikazi abangayenza ukuze bagweme ukuvuza ukuthi kungenzeki kwasekuqaleni?

A: Cabangela ulwazi lokuthenga oluhlola ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi futhi luhlonze ngokuqhubekayo ukuvuza. Ngokwesibonelo, kwe-AWR, sibambisene no-Flo by Moen ukuze sidlulisele uhlelo lwe-Flo by Moen Good Water Shutoff kubanikazi, okuhlanganisa okumiswe ngokungachemi kwethu, owomdabu, umphakathi onamalayisense wosonkontileka ezifundazweni ezikhethiwe. Owazi kahle ekhaya njengalezi zingwegwe njengemitha yamanzi, ukuthola ukuvuza okuncane futhi kunikeze abanikazi ukuthula kwemicabango kanye nenduduzo yokuvala amanzi ukude uma ukuvuza kwenzeka.

Q: Akukona yini ukwazi kwekhaya elihlakaniphile kunokuvele ubhekane nokuvuza uma sekwenzekile?

A: -Nokuba. Ngokwesibonelo, i-Flo by Moen Good Water Shutoff, ithengwe ngabakwa-AWR, inika abanikazi igajethi futhi isethelwe $600, ngokukhetha kwezindleko eziphansi zenyanga nenyanga. Amapayipi avuzayo noma aqhumile angabiza umnikazi wendlu ngendlela elingana ngayo $4,000 ukuthembela ebumnyameni. Uma kubhekwa ukucekelwa phansi kwengqalasizinda yamapayipi amaningi kanye nezinhlelo zamapayipi, abanikazi abangenalo lolo lwazi kufanele balindele ukunakekela ukuvuza okuningi ngesikhathi behlala ngaphakathi kwendawo yokuhlala..