Showering time and gallons water challenge.
 

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:

Best way to save is shower with a friend

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.

You may save water by having someone else turn the shower on and off while you concentrate on washing.

I put a bucket under my AC condensation drain. (yeah, I have issues :icon_wink:)
Puts out about 6 gallons a day that I use to water plants.

Our gas tankless takes forever for HOT to get to shower. Which works for me I wash my hair in cold water, and rinse with warm. By that time the water is to temp.
I also only run the dishwasher after laundry or shower so water is always hot. No idea how many gallons but if I need to water the plants, a 5 gallon bucket will be full before hot comes in to play

We have a recirculating tankless water heater that we spec’d when we built the house. Probably spending more on energy than we’re saving on water. But it sure is nice not having to wait for hot water.

:D:D And it better take more than 89 seconds or you won't be friends for long. :rolleyes:

I think missing the point. The point was 2.6 gallons to shower, 3.6 if count time takes hot water to reach for back, not want system or recommendation for me.

About 8 so years ago went thru water rationing which they charged more for water. All while new water bottling plant was being built south of villages drawing hundreds of thousand gallons of water day. Bottom line was charging more for water in supposed water shortages.

Isn’t that distilled water?

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.

No just rotate handle to off, very easy once you get the idea where the warm setting is.

Some people need to get a life and find something to do. I might suggest something. Fore! BTW my wife is still laughing.

Some people have no fun. :duck:


Glad I got your dander up and laugh out of wife. :thumbup:

I only shower once a month...

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

Now there water saver!!!!:bigbow:

:BigApplause: Wow well thought out!

You have to get a life

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.

saving water
 

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

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.

Water bill
 

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

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.

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.

(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!

Showering
 

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!!!:loco:

Or two.

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.

Remove the flow restrictors in your shower head and you’ll have hot water in 30~45 seconds….

YouTube for the “how to” ….

Recirculating hot water
 

I run a long garden hose from the shower out the window back to hot water heater....uses that first 30 seconds of cold water....haha

Seen that many times at the Laurel Manor pool. People come in to the showers with all of their lotions and potions and shaving kit and spend so long in a hot shower that it's like a sauna in there when I come out of the pool to rinse off. Mrs Fox not impressed with those ladies who take the opportunity to shave their legs.

I find I stay in the shower much longer when with a friend...

We have a pool and a pond. Pond would be good for you.
Name that movie.

I shower at Mulberry...ultra low cost

Spending 10 months at sea. Sea Showers or Navy showers due to the limitation of evaporators making fresh water for food preparation and machinery. Heated sea water was common only till arriving in port did we get fresh water showers. We survived.

We keep ourselves warmer when together like this so we can lower temp of hot water b 15 degrees

I’ve got one keep some awake and posting. :coolsmiley:

I’ve got low flow shower head why only takes 2.6 gallons to shower. My water usage runs between 3500 gallons up around 6000 gallon month depending on month.