A study by scientists in Canada has underlined how water should not be treated as an infinite resource, it has emerged.Natural Resources Canada has highlighted how, despite having a fifth of the worlds freshwater resources, the renewal rate is just one per cent per year, as a result of snowmelt and rain replenishment.This evidence underlines how precious a resource water is and how no one, from the least developed nations to the worlds richest countries, can afford to take it for granted or consider it endlessly renewable.Homeowners can take a number of steps to ensure their water wastage is kept to a minimum.For instance, using a tap system with a built in water filter can cut down on the amount that might be wasted in using an external jug filter, for example, as only the required amount is used each time.In addition, a tap which supplies boiling hot water on demand can eliminate the amount that is wasted by boiling a kettle, which might see more water used to fill it than is actually necessary.Leading manufacturers such as Franke provide these kinds of tap solutions and in considering how beneficial watching water consumption could be in the future, surely an investment in one of these products will be worthwhile for every household.