Four benefits of reducing your water consumption

1.It conserves water supply for the local community
Water is a precious resource, and in many destinations around the world, a scarce one. In fact, almost 20% of the world’s population live in a water scarce region – this means that water resource development in the area is ‘approaching or has exceeded sustainable limits’. As an industry, we have the responsibility to make sure local communities are not deprived of water, by using no more than we really need.

2.You’ll shrink your carbon footprint
Water consumption isn’t just about the water itself. There can also be a wider environmental impact. Each 10kg wash consumes at least 50 litres of water and 1.2 kilowatt-hours of electricity. Research has also shown that some detergents can have a carbon footprint of almost a kilogram of CO2 for every household wash load – multiply that by your property’s laundry-load size, and the number is likely much, much higher.

3.Guests are on board
Guests already show a lot of willingness to change to their travel experience in order to reduce water consumption. According to Booking.com research, while on vacation in the last 12 months, 40% of global travellers reused towels and 26% skipped daily room cleaning to minimise their water usage.

 4.It’ll cut down your operational costs
Water consumption is the second highest utility expense, accounting for 24.7% of US hotels’ utility budget. So there’s plenty of financial incentive to reduce it, as well. Studies have shown that offering guests the option to skip washing towels and sheets every day has resulted in a 17% reduction in the number of laundry loads – also reducing the related energy, labour and detergent costs.