Have you ever stood at the sink, scrubbing baked-on lasagna from a glass dish, and wondered if there’s a better way? Well, it turns out that you are probably wasting a good amount of water by doing your dishes by hand. When you look at water use per dish, a dishwasher almost always wins on efficiency, especially when it’s run full.
Therefore, to match the water efficiency of a dishwasher, you’d need to wash everything that fits in it by hand in under two minutes. Running a full dishwasher over handwashing saves a significant amount of water, adding up to about 3,000 gallons a year.
A few simple habits can make your dishwasher even more water smart:
Whether you don’t own a dishwasher or you have certain dishes that are not dishwasher safe, sometimes handwashing can’t be avoided. Use these techniques to help conserve water when you are handwashing.
Choosing the dishwasher over handwashing, and using it wisely, can save thousands of gallons of water each year, while also saving you time and effort. Let the machine do the hard work!
