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Die Reichweite der Universität zu Köln ist begrenzter als die der britischen Regierung, denn während die Digital CleanUp-Kampagne nur auf lokale Empörung stieß, lösen die gut gemeinten Empfehlungen der National Drought Group –

How to save water at home

• Install a rain butt to collect rainwater to use in the garden.
• Fix a leaking toilet – leaky loos can waste 200-400 litres a day.
• Use water from the kitchen to water your plants.
• Avoid watering your lawn – brown grass will grow back healthy.
• Turn off the taps when brushing teeth or shaving.
• Take shorter showers.
• Delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems.

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However, it’s highly unlikely that Brits deleting their unwanted emails and pictures is going to make much of a difference, especially as the storage devices in these centers create little heat once the data is stored. It’s noted that searching for old data from your cloud backups could actually use more energy and water in the short term than leaving them alone. There’s also the possibility that the data center storing your files is located in another country.