Conserving water

Conserving water is primary now adays. What I do to conserve water when I need to wait for it to warm up for doing dishes or for the bath or shower... I turn the faucet on so that only a trickle of water exits the faucet. Hot water still ends up coming out of the faucet but NOT in a rush. Thus I'm conserving on the number of gallons of wasted water exiting my faucet. When ever possible I use that trickle of water by filling clean plastic bottles to water my plants or add to the bird bath outside.

 If I hand wash dishes I'll wash several, leaving the faucet off until I wish to rinse that batch of soapy dishes. Then I proceed to several other batches of dishes and rinse them in the same fashion.

 Water is one of our most precious resources and we should do everything we can to conserve it.

Danna10:

Water is one of our most precious resources and we should do everything we can to conserve it.

Amen.  Having lived in GA for the past 2 years, I have been forced to conserve because of our servere water shortage.  Well - our resevoir here in Cherokee county is full again but I will not change my water conservation efforts.  Any glasses of water standing around, any ice melted in the bottom of a glass is saved in a watering can and I use it to water my plants.  I never let the water run when I brush my teeth and no more long luxurious showers.  And we have the (yes it sounds gross) but "if it's yellow it's mellow, if it's brown flush it down" rule at our house.  I have cut my water bill by anywhere from 50-60%.

 Any water that is caught while waiting for the water to heat in the faucet can be used for a "free" flush if you catch it in a bucket.  This can be done in the kitchen and bathroom. 

The water used for rinsing dishes can also be caught and used for mopping, or such things.  It even helps that there's a little soap in it.

Another way to conserve (two-fold): If you have an empty plastic soda bottle, you can fill it with water and close it tightly. Put it in your toilet tank. The tank will only refill to it's capacity and the bottle takes up some unused tank space.

We try & be frugal no matter what we're doing but when we visit our son's family, they have a well & holding tank that has to be pumped out....we try to be very careful & only run water that's absolutely necessary.  The last time we visited, the alarm apparently malfunctioned....we were really careful after that was discovered.  We all were very happy when the tanker truck came the next morning to pump it out.  With a toddler & a newborn, it's a challenge to use as little water as possible.  We're 'city folks' who have a water main & sewer.