Originally Posted by LeRoySmith (Post 2364696)

I only shower once a month...

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith (Post 2364696)

I only shower once a month...

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2364608)

I don't know what water rationing you're talking about - I haven't heard of any need for that kind of rationing. We have a "please try not to use your sprinklers too much for awhile" thing during droughts, but that's about it.

Meanwhile, if you're trying to think of things to do with the water from your faucet that you don't use because it's not hot yet...

Put a bucket under the faucet. Then use that water to wash your car. Or water your flowerbeds. Or bathe your dog. You can funnel it into some plastic bottles that might've held 2 litres of soda or gallons of spring water. Keep one in your freezer, and another in whatever closet you keep your bathroom supplies. If there's an emergency with power outage or the need to shut off your water, the frozen water in the freezer will help keep everything else in the freezer cold, and you can use the water from the other bottles to fill the tank in your toilet.

Originally Posted by La lamy (Post 2364752)

I'm also conscious of how much water I use, turning off water while I wash and shampoo. I also go one further and use the suds of shampoo on hair to lather my legs for shaving (while water is off of course!).

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2364601)

Yes, I know I get bored sometimes and look for something to occupy my brain while I still can:D

Ok, I figured out when I take shower how much water I use (based on my shower head) based on my method cutting water off when it don’t need to run.

It’s takes 30 seconds for hot water to reach my back master shower which takes 1 gallon of water to get hot water back there.

Now I start showering
It takes me 89 seconds water running to shower using 2.6 gallons or 9.84 liters of water.

From start to finish 119 seconds and 3.6 gallons/ 13.62 liters.

I was guessing I was using 6 gallons or more, but was way lower than my guest amount! :highfive:


When water ration comes I’ll have to figure out how use that 1 gallon water waiting on hot water to get to shower? No sense let gallon water go down drain under rationing:sigh:

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2364682)

I cut my irrigation watering in half by replacing popups with drippers/sprinklers years ago that actually watered plants and not the rocks and street. I don’t have grass.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2364607)

Best way to save is shower with a friend