Kane County is joining the United Nations this year in focusing this year’s World Water Day, Friday March 22, on providing Water for All.

Today, billions of people are still living without safe water, said Jessica Milo, resource management coordinator for the Kane County Division of Environmental and Water Resources. So this World Water Day is about tackling the water crisis by addressing the reasons why so many people are left without clean water.

That said, Mino says there are many ways we can support that worldwide effort and the precious resources here.

“In Kane County, we can help by valuing the freshwater that is available to us and using our water resources responsibly,” said Jessica Milo, resource management coordinator for the Kane County Division of Environmental and Water Resources. “We want to use less water, and protect the water around us to maintain the water we do have. Our water resources are not infinite.”

Kane County Water Conservation Ideas

HOME

• Take a shorter shower.
• Turn off the water while brushing your teeth.
• Fix a leak.
• Replace plumbing fixtures with WaterSense fixtures.
• Replace a showerhead, faucet, or toilet with a low-flow fixture.

OUTDOORS

An intern with the Kane County Division of Environmental & Water Resources assists with in the rain garden at the Government Center.

• Order a rain barrel.
• Install a rain garden. (Once the weather allows – but you can plan now!)
• Redirect your downspout to a vegetated area instead of the storm sewer.
• Plant natives that require less watering once established.

In Your Community

Friends of the Fox River Love Our River Days.

• Sign up for a River Clean-up.
• Properly dispose of Hazardous Waste.
• Talk about the importance of water to others.

More ideas to conserve water can be found at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense program and the Kane County Division of Environmental and Water Resources.

Sustain Kane

Click this link to read more on the Sustain Kane web page.