WATER Conservation in times of drought (11)
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I have just invented instant water; one bag of my product and fill with water up to line. Funny I haven't sold the patent yet.
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ooby_dooby: Much of the US, Africa, Australia and other areas are under serious to severe drought conditions.
Here are a few tips to making do with a shortage of water.
Basic Rule:
Never use water that is fit for human consumption to flush a toilet!
The most common toilets use 5-7 gallons of water per flush. Instead, water that has already been used for other things will flush a toilet just as well like dish water and water that was used to wash clothes.
There's a new type of clothes washing machine that only uses 3 gallons of water and they work better than conventional washing machines according to my neighbor who has one but they are very expensive (she paid $900 for hers). If you have room for a 2nd washing machine that can be put next to the existing one you can dump the rinse water from one machine into the other and use it to wash the next load. This will double the amount of clothes you can wash per gallon of water.
This may gross some people out but using 7 gallons of water to flush a 1/2 pint of pee is almost criminal when wells are running dry. "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down".
If you have a shower in a bath tub, you can put the stopper in and save the water to flush the toilet, also take a "military" shower ie wet yourself down, soap yourself up, and rinse off. You'll be just as clean as if you stood in there for 1/2 hour.
A tree works just as goodHere are a few tips to making do with a shortage of water.
Basic Rule:
Never use water that is fit for human consumption to flush a toilet!
The most common toilets use 5-7 gallons of water per flush. Instead, water that has already been used for other things will flush a toilet just as well like dish water and water that was used to wash clothes.
There's a new type of clothes washing machine that only uses 3 gallons of water and they work better than conventional washing machines according to my neighbor who has one but they are very expensive (she paid $900 for hers). If you have room for a 2nd washing machine that can be put next to the existing one you can dump the rinse water from one machine into the other and use it to wash the next load. This will double the amount of clothes you can wash per gallon of water.
This may gross some people out but using 7 gallons of water to flush a 1/2 pint of pee is almost criminal when wells are running dry. "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down".
If you have a shower in a bath tub, you can put the stopper in and save the water to flush the toilet, also take a "military" shower ie wet yourself down, soap yourself up, and rinse off. You'll be just as clean as if you stood in there for 1/2 hour.
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gtbulldog: A tree works just as good We should learn from dogs.
Fine for you boys, you don't have to "drop trou"
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jbibiza: Fine for you boys, you don't have to "drop trou"
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Excellent subject that needs to be addressed!!! Here is a link that is updated weekly...
Most are not aware of underground Aquifers. ALL Aquifer levels are dropping. That is a CLUE that we are devouring natural resources faster than Planet Earth can replenish them.
Most are not aware of underground Aquifers. ALL Aquifer levels are dropping. That is a CLUE that we are devouring natural resources faster than Planet Earth can replenish them.
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to be onest i think all the water seams to be dropping on us insted becouse its done nothin but rain, damw,rivers and brooks are over flowing and weve had floods, ive got a pink rubber dingy out side my from door just incase i ever need it to take the kids to school and ive got bright yellow arm bands
but it just goes to show the the climit or how ever u spel it is all messed up
but it just goes to show the the climit or how ever u spel it is all messed up
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I have 2 small rubbermaid bins in the kitchen sink. The dirty dish water is used to flush the toilet. The kitchen rinse water is collected to be used for the 1st load of laundry wash water. Then the laundry rinse water is collected for the next wash cycle. Just do 3 loads of laundry in one day. Whites 1st, colors 2nd, darks 3rd.
As far as your bathroom sink... remove the elbow underneath and place a 5 gal bucket for collection. That water is also used to flush toilet. Use the shower water for NON edible landscaping.
A 1000 sq ft roof will harvest 600 gallons of rainwater from a ONE inch rainfall. Collect rainwater for veggie gardening and washing car.
You will be shocked how many gallons you save per month and it's only a minor inconvenience.
As far as your bathroom sink... remove the elbow underneath and place a 5 gal bucket for collection. That water is also used to flush toilet. Use the shower water for NON edible landscaping.
A 1000 sq ft roof will harvest 600 gallons of rainwater from a ONE inch rainfall. Collect rainwater for veggie gardening and washing car.
You will be shocked how many gallons you save per month and it's only a minor inconvenience.
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springazure44
To say you have impressed me would be a gross understatement! You are a mirror image of me. Your views on the environment and mankinds raping of this wonderful place we call earth are in lockstep with my own.
I never thought about the bathroom sink, thanks for the tip!
Your figures on rainfall on a 1000 sq ft roof vs gallons are an eye opener. The problem with home construction goals where rainfall is concerned is to get the water away from the house and into rivers & streams as efficiently as possible. What a waste of a valuable resource.
You'll be interested to learn what I did on my house. I am very lucky to have on my property an old abandoned dug well which was replaced with another deeper dug well when it ran dry, probably many times. What I did was to replace the downspout from the gutter with 3" PVC and with a "TEE" adapter to 1 1/2" I ran a line from there to the old well which is about 10 feet away from the active well. So now when it rains all those 1000's of gallons of water from the roof goes right into the water table instead of running across the ground and heading for the Chesapeake Bay.
I also rigged up a "water level indicator" in the old well so I can "see" exactly where the water table is in my area. I can see the water level rise and fall on a daily or even hourly basis. You should see that thing react to rainfall and even doing a load of clothes will lower the level like 3". I am like the canary in the coal mine to my neighbors because I alert them by email etc to start conserving water when the level drops to the danger point. I knew we were heading for a draught months before the news media or even the weather bureau.
To say you have impressed me would be a gross understatement! You are a mirror image of me. Your views on the environment and mankinds raping of this wonderful place we call earth are in lockstep with my own.
I never thought about the bathroom sink, thanks for the tip!
Your figures on rainfall on a 1000 sq ft roof vs gallons are an eye opener. The problem with home construction goals where rainfall is concerned is to get the water away from the house and into rivers & streams as efficiently as possible. What a waste of a valuable resource.
You'll be interested to learn what I did on my house. I am very lucky to have on my property an old abandoned dug well which was replaced with another deeper dug well when it ran dry, probably many times. What I did was to replace the downspout from the gutter with 3" PVC and with a "TEE" adapter to 1 1/2" I ran a line from there to the old well which is about 10 feet away from the active well. So now when it rains all those 1000's of gallons of water from the roof goes right into the water table instead of running across the ground and heading for the Chesapeake Bay.
I also rigged up a "water level indicator" in the old well so I can "see" exactly where the water table is in my area. I can see the water level rise and fall on a daily or even hourly basis. You should see that thing react to rainfall and even doing a load of clothes will lower the level like 3". I am like the canary in the coal mine to my neighbors because I alert them by email etc to start conserving water when the level drops to the danger point. I knew we were heading for a draught months before the news media or even the weather bureau.
springazure44:
As far as your bathroom sink... remove the elbow underneath and place a 5 gal bucket for collection. That water is also used to flush toilet. Use the shower water for NON edible landscaping.
A 1000 sq ft roof will harvest 600 gallons of rainwater from a ONE inch rainfall. Collect rainwater for veggie gardening and washing car.
You will be shocked how many gallons you save per month and it's only a minor inconvenience.
As far as your bathroom sink... remove the elbow underneath and place a 5 gal bucket for collection. That water is also used to flush toilet. Use the shower water for NON edible landscaping.
A 1000 sq ft roof will harvest 600 gallons of rainwater from a ONE inch rainfall. Collect rainwater for veggie gardening and washing car.
You will be shocked how many gallons you save per month and it's only a minor inconvenience.
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I went to a chain restaurant and got over a doz 5 gal buckets for free. Use those buckets for lugging water around the house. They are just the right size so I can actually carry them without damaging my back.
As far as collecting rainwater. Go to a food factory and gather 55 gallon plastic drum barrels. Cut the top off. Plumb a spigot on the barrel, at the bottom. Hook up a soaker hose to the spigot to water your plants. Works great!!!
Cover large barrel with window screening and secure with bungie cord. No mosquito problems.
As far as collecting rainwater. Go to a food factory and gather 55 gallon plastic drum barrels. Cut the top off. Plumb a spigot on the barrel, at the bottom. Hook up a soaker hose to the spigot to water your plants. Works great!!!
Cover large barrel with window screening and secure with bungie cord. No mosquito problems.
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Here are a few tips to making do with a shortage of water.
Basic Rule:
Never use water that is fit for human consumption to flush a toilet!
The most common toilets use 5-7 gallons of water per flush. Instead, water that has already been used for other things will flush a toilet just as well like dish water and water that was used to wash clothes.
There's a new type of clothes washing machine that only uses 3 gallons of water and they work better than conventional washing machines according to my neighbor who has one but they are very expensive (she paid $900 for hers). If you have room for a 2nd washing machine that can be put next to the existing one you can dump the rinse water from one machine into the other and use it to wash the next load. This will double the amount of clothes you can wash per gallon of water.
This may gross some people out but using 7 gallons of water to flush a 1/2 pint of pee is almost criminal when wells are running dry. "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down".
If you have a shower in a bath tub, you can put the stopper in and save the water to flush the toilet, also take a "military" shower ie wet yourself down, soap yourself up, and rinse off. You'll be just as clean as if you stood in there for 1/2 hour.