Liu Meijia, a retired employee from Guangxi, lives with her children and grandchildren. They live in the east bank community of Hanhai, Sha Tau Kok, and on the 24th floor of Building 2. They cook with rice washing water every day, wash vegetables with kimchi first, and then water the flowers. When washing pots and pans after meals, first wipe off the oil stains and leftovers in the pots and pans with practiced rice paper or plastic wrapping paper, then wipe off the dirt with a wet rag dipped in detergent, and finally rinse with water only once.

Cherish water like oil and use it continuously.

In order to save washing water, Liu Meijia's small clothes were washed in a basin, while the large clothes were washed by a disposable machine, and the washing wastewater was put in the basin to mop the floor and flush the toilet.

In order to save water for flushing toilets, Liu Meijia put bricks in the water tank. Later, it was found that bricks grow moss easily, so they were replaced by plastic bottles filled with water. Although putting two bottles saves water, it can't be cleaned. Putting one bottle instead can save about 6 liters of water every day.

Since the beginning of this year, their monthly per capita water consumption is only about 2 tons. The per capita basic domestic water consumption in Shenzhen is 3 ~ 5 tons per month. Mr. Liu Lao said that frugality is a tradition of China people, and saving water has become their way of life.

At the beginning of this year, experts from the Municipal Water Conservation Office came to this community and brought a lot of materials to promote water conservation. They told the owners and the staff of the property management office that Shenzhen is a city that is particularly short of water, and there are many ways to save water in life. Their arrival inspired the residents and property managers in the community, and a community water-saving movement began. Posters on the wall, brochures at home and publicity columns are all about saving water. After half a year, the water consumption of residents in the community dropped from 6,522 cubic meters last year to 5,785 cubic meters this year, saving an average of 2-3 cubic meters per household per month.

Hanhai East Coast Community is a brand-name high-grade commercial and residential property developed and managed by Jin Rong Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. After entering the community, the first thing you see is a jungle in the corridor on the first floor. More than a dozen stout trees grow from underground to the second floor, with branches and leaves hanging on people's heads, and rows of green bamboos grow on the walls just to decorate the external walls. The residents of the community and the staff of the property management office are proud of the noble taste of the community. However, what residents in this community are really proud of is that people here know how to cherish water resources and cherish water as oil.

Put a lock on the tap.

There are several public faucets in the property management office, which are usually used by cleaning companies to water flowers and clean the ground. In order to control these faucets, the property management office specially locked them. One of the two keys is managed by the person in charge of the cleaning company, and the other key is placed in the monitoring room, and the workers can pick it up when they are working.

In the past, the cleaning company washed the basement parking lot once a month. One end of the water pipe is connected to the faucet, and the other end is kept spraying water on the ground in your hand, which consumes a lot of water. After the water-saving campaign was launched, the first floor and the negative first floor were changed to bucket cleaning. The swimming pool can only be washed with water pipes when the water is changed greatly, and the water changed from the swimming pool is used.

Even if buckets are used to clean the floor, the water consumption is limited. The property management office signed an agreement with the cleaning company, and the monthly cleaning water consumption shall not exceed 80 cubic meters, otherwise the excess shall be settled by the cleaning company. On one occasion, the staff of the property management office found that a public faucet was always on. By watching the surveillance video, it was confirmed that a cleaner forgot to turn off the tap and ran away with 123 cubic meters of water. According to the agreement, the management office will pay the bill according to the standard of 3.8 yuan per cubic meter of water. The cleaning company punished the parties again. Wang Xiaoyan, the head of the administrative department in charge of this punishment, felt heartbroken. She knows that the profit of cleaning company is very thin, and the salary of cleaners is very low, so she can't bear to punish them. But they waste water, and there is nothing they can do.

The punishment made cleaning companies and cleaners feel sad. They said that they also felt sorry for the running water.