Water efficiency advice
Make saving water your business.
It's everybody's job to save water . All businesses, no matter what size, can work with their staff to help reduce water usage and save on their bills.
Water saving tips for bigger businesses
Some tell-tale signs to help you spot leaks
- Damp patches in or outside the property
- Lush vegetation in dry periods may be indications of leaking pipes
- Leaking overflow systems
Metered customers – diagnosing a leak
If your meter reading or bill is unusually high it may indicate you have a leak. You can use your meter to check if you have a leak on the pipework after the meter -
- Turn off all taps
- Find your water meter and take a reading (including the red digits)
- Do not use any water for a length of time (e.g. overnight)
- Read the meter again
If the second reading is higher than the first there may be a leak.
Many businesses now have smart technology that allows them to monitor and get data on water usage at regular intervals. This can help identify abnormal or unusual usage such as a leak. Regular monitoring means any such anomalies can be quickly investigated.
Free Save a flush cistern bags
To help businesses in our region reduce water use at their offices and other premises Yorkshire Water is offering free Save a Flush cistern bags. Simply drop a Save a Flush in each toilet cistern* and reduce your cistern by 1.2 litres, saving this much water with every flush.
*Please note: Save-a-Flush bags are not suitable for dual flush toilets, or for cisterns with a capacity of less than 7 litres. If you install a Yorkshire Water Save a Flush bag and find you have to flush the toilet more than once, please remove the bag from the cistern as you may already have a low flush toilet.
If your business is based in the Yorkshire region, and you would like to request some Save a Flush bags, please contact your Water Retailer and let them know how many you would like.
Retailers, when you receive a request please submit an F4 form so that our Wholesale Service Desk can get this processed.
Your staff can also fit water saving devices in their homes by ordering a free water saving pack.
Please ask any employees, who are Yorkshire Water customers, to order a pack through our website or we can provide you with water saving leaflets including a freepost returns coupon for you to distribute to your employees to order a pack for their home.