[Altavia]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

I only shower once a month...

I go to a Regional Rec Center to shower :-)

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by LeRoySmith

I only shower once a month...

Now there water saver!!!!

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

Wow well thought out!

[DONNIEBRONX]

You have to get a life

[La lamy]

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!).

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by La lamy

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!).

Ever try to shave your legs after a month of not? Whew.

[Cyndee@twc.com]

In some parts of Texas they have Gray water for the sprinkler system. Sink water goes into a collection tank and when the sprinkler goes on it sprays gray water on your lawn

[Two Bills]

During Covid lockdown, my wife and I decided to live in squalor, and we saved a fortune on cleaning materials etc.
We have since stopped all baths and showers, and our water bill has gone down by 75%.
Mind you, the cost of lice and flea powder has risen alarmingly, as we use quite a lot of it.

[Marine1974]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

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

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!


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

Do you pay attention to your water bill usage ? Buy a low flow shower head and compare .

[ThirdOfFive]

Interesting discussion for sure!

I heard once that a very good way to save water is "don't flush it unless it floats". Seems to me that one can kill two birds here. Conserve water by not flushing until the bowl contains floaters, and then when you DO flush, use that murky gray bath water you've been keeping in various buckets and jugs. Just pour it directly into the bowl: putting it in the tank first is not necessary.

[Jim1mack]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

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.

On my early morning walks when irrigation is running I’ve adjusted many heads that were spraying too much into the street sending rivers of water down the gutters. I’ve found many street side zones run too long pouring water over the curb and down the gutter. They’re easy to adjust. You may need a pliers. Check yours.

[Rocksnap]

(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.)
Man up and wet down during this period. Problem solved!

[Grill Meister]

Wow, it's obvious you have given this some very intelligent thought. Way to go. And they said that you had too much time on your hands. Little did they know!!!

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Best way to save is shower with a friend

Or two.

[jasamy2]

30 seconds and wasting a gallon is better than us. It takes a minute and a half and 2 gallons to get hot water to our master bath.