Have fun seeing how efficiently you use water from when it leaves the spigot to when it leaves your property (assumption: you use biodegradable soap).
Use less laundry detergent, and send the used water onto your yard. Pull out your washing machine to access the hose heading toward the sewer; save that water in buckets instead. Now, wash your car. Afterwards, it seeps into the earth, giving you three uses.
Soapy rinse water? You’re using too much detergent; soap is on your skin when you wear those clothes.
When washing dishes, use plastic dishpans and pour the graywater onto your lawn.
It’s okay to not flush toilets after each time you go No. 1. Thus, you’re double-using your water and reducing your sewer outflow. Furthermore, guys can urinate into a jug. Urine is sterile. Pour it out on your trees. It probably contains useful nutrients and minerals.
Do the math: High efficiency toilets use up to 1.28 gallons per flush; older ones use over 3 GPF. According to ConserveH2O.org, “More than 45 percent of water use in the average American home occurs in the bathroom, with nearly 27 percent being used by toilets.” A dozen flushes a day makes thousands of gallons per year per person, and is far more than needed.
Plus, your urine color diagnoses your health. It should be amber colored. If it’s dark, you’re dehydrated.
WaterUseItWisely.com has over 100 tips for saving water. Good stewardship of the Creator’s gift of water is a means of expressing our gratefulness for its daily provision.
Jonathan Ellison
Durango
