Water.
Reduce our use and improve our quality
We must use water wisely:
Water use
In the North West we use 144 litres person per day compared to 121 in Germany. Toilets, power showers and baths use the most water in a home. However, we consume far more in virtual water – the amount of water it takes to produce food and textiles. For example, it takes over 10,000 litres of water to make 1 pair of jeans and over 15,000 litres of water to make 1 kg of beef.
Water quality
There are five rivers on the Wirral, all of which flow into the Mersey Estuary. Water quality issues on the Wirral are caused by urban diffuse pollution from a combination of road run-off and misconnections, rural diffuse pollution and extensive physical modifications
Wirral has four designated bathing waters – West Kirby, Meols, Moreton, Wallasey. And whilst bathing water quality is generally ok, a Greenpeace study found that River Mersey contains twice the amount of plastic pollution than the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Three things you can do
- Visit United Utilities for water saving advice and free water saving gadgets
- Love your clothes – keep your items for longer, sell or donate items, buy preloved
- Drink tap water, not bottled. Use Refill points across the Wirral
