Though it was found out that most of them already use water judiciously, the water expert gave them advice on how to cut down usage further.
Water Expert Madhukar Kambale demonstrates to Manali Kamat how to wipe off excess oil from utensils to save water Ramachandra and Manali Kamat stay on the 3rd floor of Nirmal Building.
Water expert Madhukar Kambale told them they need only three litre water.
He suggested them to cut water supply from he flush by pushing the nob upwards in the middle.
Though they need three and a half buckets of water to wash clothes daily, Kambale told them about the secret of using washing powder judiciously.
Kambale giving instruction to Gouri Kalokhe on how to reduce usage of water in a washing machine There are five members in the Kalokhe family.
They have one vehicle and it takes about one bucket of water to wash it and they use tap water for plants.
They have promised to cut down usage on these as well.
They believe 10-litre water in the flush tank is a necessity and don’t want to cut down usage there.
The maid uses running tap water to wash utensils and water expert Madhukar Kambale believes this can be changed to bring down water wastage.

The civic authority has officially announced water cuts in the coming week, as Mumbai’s water stock has dipped from 93 per cent on October 1 to 77 per cent on November 11.
But this year, water level remained up to 93 per cent at the end of September.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) didn’t declare any water cut in October, but several parts of the city already faced water scarcity because of various technical issues.
Corporators blamed the civic body for unofficial water cut.
But now the civic body may officially impose water cuts across the city as the big festival Diwali is over.
After discussion with the state irrigation department, division of water cut may come in a few days."
It is most likely that civic body also takes the decision to use water wisely.
As on November 11, the Bhatsa dam has 78 per cent water stock- about 50% of Mumbai’s water supply come from this lake.
The Bhatsa had 91 per cent water on 1st October.
The other lakes water level also dropped to 76 per cent.

The government of France has donated around €6.2 million to strengthen water availability and mitigate water shortages in the municipalities of Maputo, Matola and Boane, in the southern province of Mozambique.The project, which is expected to be completed by 2020, is expected to put more than 40,000 cubic meters of water per day available to serve a total of 348,100 people.
It is a project that essentially aims at the exploration of groundwater, equipping 16 holes, building a pumping station, as well as laying main pipes for transport to the water reservoirs.
To that effect, an agreement was formalized on Monday in Maputo by the directors of the Fund for Investment and Heritage of Water Supply (FIPAG), Pedro Paulino, and the French Development Agency in Mozambique (AFD), Julien Darpeaux.
The ceremony was witnessed by the Deputy Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Victor Tuacale, and the French Ambassador to Mozambique, Bruno Clerc.
Speaking minutes after signing, Tuacale said the support will provide improvements in the availability of water produced in the system, covering the neighborhoods of the country’s capital, mainly Albasine, Costa del Sol, February 3, Rail, FPLM, Hulene, Laulane, Magoanine, Mavalane, Maxaquene and Polana-Caniço.
“With the friendly gesture of France the country has been increasing the number of home connections and the number of people with access to drinking water; the ability to produce and distribute water, as well as the storage of precious liquid, “Tuacale said.
The official referred to AFD’s strategic support for water supply and sanitation, with an example of the recent construction of 16 small water supply systems in the municipalities of Maputo and Matola, rehabilitation of section three of the treatment plant of Umbeluzi in Boane, the distribution center of Matola, the tertiary network in Machava and Matola districts, Alto-Maé, Maxaquene and Laulane, including the municipal district of KaTembe.
“This means an improvement in the sanitary conditions and quality of life of the populations covered,” said the official.
For his part, Bruno Clerc expects that the exploitation of groundwater will improve the quality and the continuous supply of drinking water.
He added that within the project a loss reduction program could be implemented by the company Águas da Região de Maputo.

By Sylvester Samba.
The SLPP led government of President Julius Maada Bio through the Ministry of Water Resources has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Geo Engineering Corporation (CGC) for the construction of the River Rokel Water Supply Facilities in the country.
The Minister of Water Resources, Dr. Jonathan Tengbe lamented that his Ministry is facing complex challenges that have profound implications on water deliverables throughout the country.
“These public water challenges are complex and interlinked district by district and can only be tackled by working together at all levels, individual, local, regional and national…These challenges call for new ways of working and for policy coherence built through engaging civil society, the private sector, households and individuals”, he noted.
Dr. Tengbe maintained that the project will be situated in the Port Loko district close to the bank of the Rokel River around the Rokel Village, adding that the site selection is based on the year-round water availability in the Role River.
“The timing is right…We must get hold of the opportunity to harness the momentum of water delivery to Freetown by 2022 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG 6)”, he stressed.
In his statement, the Vice President, Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh said the expansion of water supply in Freetown and it immediate environs is part of President Bio’s election commitment.
He also said providing safe drinking water to the people of Sierra Leone is part of the New Direction Policy.
The Vice President added that access to safe drinking water is not only a challenge in Freetown, but in other parts of the country.
He maintained that he is expecting the project to respond to the needs of the people to provide safe and adequate drinking water.

Mumbai: If you have a water supply problem in your area, the assistant commissioner of the concerned ward will personally visit your locality and attend to your grievances.
Civic chief Ajoy Mehta has directed all ward officers to make personal visits to places where there is water scarcity and provide immediate solutions to residents.
With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) facing severe flak due to water shortage across the city, Mr Mehta has decided to take desperate measures to tackle the problem.
In a monthly review meeting held at the civic headquarters Saturday, Mr Mehta asked ward officers and officials of the hydraulic and water supply departments to work in tandem to resolve the people’s grievances.
“In the meeting, the commissioner said that in areas affected by irregular water supply, the concerned ward officers should personally look into those complaints and if needed, make spot visits to resolve the grievances.
In addition to this, ward officers of all 24 wards should regularly co-ordinate with officials of the hydraulic department and assistant engineer (water supply) in their wards and make necessary arrangements on priority basis,” said a senior civic official.
A ruckus erupted in the BMC house Friday over the water shortage problem in several pockets of the city.
Opposition party members in the BMC threatened to stage a dharna at the mayor’s bungalow at Shivaji Park if water supply was not normalised before Diwali.
They also alleged that the shortage of water was causing an increase in the number of contamination complaints in the city.

The city is now facing a lawsuit from a non-profit on behalf of residents.
Extremely upset," Newark resident Yvette Jordan said.
Everything is fine,’" Jordan recounted.
But the city is now telling residents in some areas their tap water is not fine: it contains lead above federal guidelines.
Mayor Ras Baraka said the problem comes from old water pipes found in some neighborhoods that leach lead into the drinking water.
The study report came back last month and found a problem at one of the city’s two water treatment plants: the methods used to stop lead from leaching into drinking water from those old pipes?
"The city has really been in denial and shrugged their shoulders and said our water is safe, people should drink it, until just a couple of weeks ago until we sued them and asked for an injunction on behalf of the citizens in Newark to clean up the water," Olson said.
The group is suing the city for violating the federal drinking water law, saying the lead levels are "some of the highest" of "any large city" nationally, a problem they compare to that of Flint, Michigan.
"But from this, from the water."
"No," Baraka said.

The Putnam County Water Supply District Number 1 has issued a boil advisory for eastern Putnam County.
The boil advisory affects customers in Worthington and within one-half of a mile radius around the Worthington city limits.
The boil advisory continues until Wednesday evening at 5 o’clock.

But 12 years after signing on to the agreement — seen at the time as historic in its focus and scope — the city and the tribe have still never fully defined the rights of entry for the Muckleshoot tribe.
The issue was tabled until 2014 when the tribe made what seemed like a simple request to the city: to camp.
If it is not, officials fear, the result could be an end to the city’s right to provide unfiltered water and a subsequent $500 million piece of capital infrastructure.
At issue for the tribe is a list of specific requests issued to the city years ago, requesting camping access and use by family members.
The tribe would like family members who are not tribal members — which can include husbands, wives, children — to join enrolled members when entering the watershed.
“They cemented into federal law the preexisting right of tribes to hunt, fish and gather in the same manner as before the treaties were signed.” The treaty guaranteed continued access to the Cedar River Watershed for tribes.
At the same time, Seattle began siphoning off water from the area in 1901.
“Having the ability to camp in the Watershed is a culturally important activity for the Tribe, a way to bring together Tribal members to harvest in the traditional way.” Also at issue is whether non-enrolled tribal members should be allowed in the watershed.
In that context, non-tribal family members are guaranteed the same fishing rights as enrolled members.
In a statement, a representative of Seattle Public Utilities said, “While Seattle protects this pristine source of drinking water and the habitat of the Watershed, the city also recognizes the strong cultural and historical connection the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe has to this same watershed.” But more than a decade after the celebrated agreement was signed, a cooperative plan remains elusive.

AUSTIN — Following a boil water notice issued to Austin Water customers Oct. 22, Austinites are scrambling to get bottled water from grocery stores across the city.
Historic flooding last week brought high levels of silt into the City of Austin’s water supply, so the city’s water plants are struggling to keep up.
‘It looks like chocolate milk’: Austin issues city-wide boil water notice due to murky water RAW: Austin city officials explain reasoning for city-wide boil water notice Austin’s Lake Travis levels expected to continue slow decline into Monday PHOTOS: A look at how ‘historic’ flooding of Llano River has impacted Central Texas In the meantime, Austin Water customers are asked to boil their water before drinking, cooking with it or using ice.
Hours after the boil water notice was issued, Austinites flocked to local grocery stores to get bottled water, leaving shelves empty.
KVUE’s Jay Wallis saw Austin residents rushing into an H-E-B to fill up on bottled water Monday morning.
At the H-E-B on Far West, shelves were empty when KVUE’s Lauren Petterson arrived at around 5:20 a.m. Katie Lynch said her H-E-B was packed with people getting bottled water.
Ariadyn Hansen tweeted a video of the "longest 6 a.m. line ever" at the H-E-B on Burnet Road.
She said she couldn’t find water at that location.
KVUE’s Kristie Gonzalez said Jo’s Coffee in downtown Austin was not serving coffee or water due to the boil water notice.
Stay tuned with KVUE on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates on the situation.

Slab Road in Kingsland is covered with water from the swollen Llano River in Kingsland on Tuesday October 9, 2018.
[JAY JANNER/AMERICAN-STATESMAN] The Kingsland Water Supply Corp. in Llano County issued notice Saturday alerting customers within its service area that a boil water notice is still in effect.
“Our tanks are slowly filling, and we ask that all customers only use water for sanitary needs,” the company said in a notice posted on its website.
“Outdoor water use including pressure washing, washing automobiles and lawn watering are discouraged in order to help us conserve usage so that we can fully pressurize our system to normal conditions.” Once the water supply’s system is pressurized, the company said, it can begin the bacteriological sampling required to lift the boil water notice.
The system’s pumping capacity is at about 70 percent and the utility expects these conditions to remain until Wednesday, the company said.
The boil water notice has been in effect since Tuesday, Oct. 16.