Where is the Master Valve?

The master valve is probably the most important part of your internal water system.  This valve regulates the flow of all water throughout your home or business.  Do you know where this valve is located?  Do all adults in the family know where it is?  Does the valve operate easily?  If there is an emergency, such as a water pipe bursting in your home, you’ll need to know the location of the valve in a hurry.  You can’t afford to waste precious minutes searching while the basement floods or the carpets become drenched.  You’ve got to act fast.

Once you have found the master valve, mark it with a tag, a bright ribbon, or colorful paint.  Then make sure everyone knows where it is.  Remember, make it easy to see.  If the worst happens, you’ll have to find it quickly.

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Water pollution.  These two words raise unpleasant thoughts and images.  Who is responsible for pollution?  We all are.  Every time household cleaners get washed down the drain, every time fertilizers, weed-controlling chemicals, and bug repellents are used, water pollution is happening.  Even when a repair of a car’s oil leak or transmission leak gets put off, this, too, is pollution.  All of these substances - plus a whole lot more, end up getting sent back into the water cycle.

There are steps that you can take to eliminate pollution in the water cycle.  Read about them below and think of other ways that you can help put a stop to water pollution.

1. Never pour toxic chemicals down the drain, on the ground, or in the trash.  Participate in your local community’s household hazardous waste disposal day.  If your community doesn’t have one, contact your local environmental agency and organize one.

2. Take used motor oil and other automotive fluids to a service center that recycles them.  Patronize automotive centers and stores that accept car batteries and tires for recycling.

3.  Reduce your use of lawn and garden pesticides and fertilizers and look for safer alternatives to control weeds and bugs.  For example, geraniums repel Japanese beetles; garlic and mint repel aphids; and marigolds repel white flies.