Drinking Water Week: Ways to Conserve Water

WKMS | By Todd Hatton

Published May 2, 2014 at 11:57 AM CDT

Next week is the 40^th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and it’s Drinking Water Week in Kentucky. The state Energy and Environment Cabinet is marking the occasion by offering residents ways to conserve water inside and outside their homes. They say homeowners should check for leaks in toilets and pipes as well as in garden hoses and nozzles. The also recommend running full loads in washing machines and dishwashers and replacing old showerheads with high-efficiency models. You can find more of the cabinet’s recommendations here.

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Todd Hatton

Todd Hatton hails from Paducah, Kentucky, where he got into radio under the auspices of the late, great John Stewart of WKYX while a student at Paducah Community College. He also worked at WKMS in the reel-to-reel tape days of the early 1990s before running off first to San Francisco, then Orlando in search of something to do when he grew up. He received his MFA in Creative Writing at Murray State University. He vigorously resists adulthood and watches his wife, Angela Hatton, save the world one plastic bottle at a time.

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