What are some ways of conserving water?

The amount of water that people use is quantified in their
water footprint. There are many ways in which this can be reduced.
Many ways of doing this may not strike someone as a means of reducing water usage; for
example the production of one kilogram of beef requires 16000 liters of water, if you
were to not eat 10 kilograms of beef in a year and instead substituted it with a
vegetarian product that requires a much smaller quantity of water to produce, you could
save around 100000 liters of water every year.

There are
many direct ways of conserving water. Some of these
are:

• Use a water efficient shower head, or have
  a bath with a bucket of water and avoid using the shower
  entirely.

• Wash your clothes and
  dishes only when the complete clothes washer and dishwasher is
  full.

• When washing things like
  vegetables use a pan of water instead of running the tap
  continuously.

• Water your garden in
  the morning or in the evening when less of the water will
  evaporate.

• Try using techniques like
  drip irrigation which could save a lot of
  water.

Check the link provided below for
hundreds of ways in which you can conserve water.