On average each person in the UK uses 135 litres of tap water each day. A lot of that is wasted – going straight down the sink without being usefully used. How much do we really need? Well the average person in the developing world uses only 10 litres so there is definitely room for most of us to cut down.

Using water doesn’t damage the environment in the same way as, say, using energy or producing CO₂ does. But fresh water is a precious resource and essential to all life, so using it considerately and avoiding polluting our water resources is a responsibility we can choose to take. In the UK, rivers and wetlands are being depleted as the search for more and more fresh water sources intensifies, and this is having serious effects on our wildlife.