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Your pool will naturally lose some water to evaporation and splash-out. Your pool may also gain water from rainfall. Pools should be watertight, but sealants deteriorate and parts of your pool shift and crack. Pools can leak through any of these cracks or through dislodged fittings.

Water evaporates much more quickly during the hot part of the day.

High Efficiency Toilets ("HETs") use only one-third of the 3.6 gallons per flush of traditional toilets. The effectiveness of removing solid waste is measured in terms of a Maximum Performance (MaP) score; where 1,000 has a high certainty of removing solid waste, and a MaP score of 350 is the minimum performance required by the EPA.

Some ovens do not make efficient use of energy; this is especially true of older models.

Some water heaters lose much of the heat they consume. This is especially true of older and lower cost models, and important in homes with large numbers of people.

Electric water heaters are much more expensive to run than gas ones. This is especially true of older and lower cost models, and the running cost difference is much more significant in homes with large numbers of people.

Although some manufacturers set water heater thermostats at 140° F, most households usually only need them set at 120° F. Setting the thermostat at a lower temperature threshold can save substantial amounts of energy.

Some water heaters lose much of the heat they consume. This is especially true of older and lower cost models.

Using the dishwasher during off peak hours can save a substantial amount of money since off-peak rates are significantly lower than on-peak rates.

Enormous amounts of (often heated) water simply run down the drain, unused in processes that wash dishes by hand.