Owners saving for a rainy day.With winter gone and the spring approaching and no real rainfall for more than a month, the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and is sounding the red alarm. New Yorkers are asked to take shorter showers, shallower baths, and go easy on the dishwashers. But are there some steps building owners can take to ensure that large quantities of water won't get squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. ? According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, leaky leak·y adj. leak·i·er, leak·i·est Permitting leaks or leakage: a leaky roof; a leaky defense system. Adj. 1. faucets and broken pipes could result in tens of gallons of water lost every day. So HPD HPD Honolulu Police Department (Honolulu County, Island of Oahu) HPD Housing Preservation and Development HPD Housing Preservation and Development (New York City Department) and the Environmental Protection Agency teamed up to educate property owners, managers, and superintendents on what they can do to help the city with its water shortage. "Landlords can install water-saving fixtures in rental apartments, as well as water saving toilets and shower heads, they should check for leaks in their buildings and fix broken pipes," said a spokesperson for the Department of Environmental Protection. "We hold seminars for property owners in the city twice a month if they are interested in conserving water." According to HPD Commissioner Jerilyn Perine, "The classes provide an excellent opportunity for property owners to learn how to maintain their buildings more cost-effectively. (They should) enroll in the classes themselves or send their superintendents." Russell Albanese, president of the Albanese Development Corp., a company that is famous for its green buildings, agreed that property owners can do a lot to help conserve water. "We recycle and treat all the waste water in our buildings and then use it to supply water to the cooling tower and flush toilets. That will save about 15,000 to 20,000 gallons a day," he explained. "We are also collecting all of the roof storm water and have a 10,000-gallon storage tank in the cellar that is used for irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. on the roof terrace. And we pay attention to the types of shower heads and faucets we are using to try to save an additional 10% in water supply." Those interested in water conservation can register for the water-saving seminar at nyc.gov/hpd. The seminar lasts about two and a half hours. |
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