The Week of Monday, May 15

If you’re dead-set on washing your car at home with the kids, here’s how to keep the impact at a minimum:

Park on gravel or grass so soapy water soaks into the ground, becomes filtered and recharges groundwater.
Avoid soaps with labels that say “harmful, danger or poison.”
Turn off the hose when you’re not using the water. During a 15-minute car wash, you could use 150 gallons of water if there isn’t an automatic shut-off nozzle.

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