Quick Tip - Save that shower water!

That's a really easy/basic greywater system that doesn't cost you any money (well...unless you don't have a bucket).  My mom does that and gets about 2 gallons of water per shower to water the garden.  Just imagine if those 2 gallons times "x" showers per week went straight down the drain!  Bad news.

And if you're really not into collecting the water yourself, consider a tankless water heater...they give you instantly hot water so you don't have to wait for the cold to run out.

For the kitchen sink, check out EnviroSink.

I wish I had a garden to water!  Any other ideas about what to do with that water?

There should be a way to contain it without buckets so it can be used for flushing the toilet.  If you think about it, a family of 4 that flushes 4 times each a day (no idea on actual stats) @ 2.0 per flush equals 32 gallons of water a day. 

As a matter of fact, there are! 

We have three different greywater recycling system manufacturers that have systems that take shower water and allow it to be used for toilet flushing or outdoor (sub-surface) irrigation.  They are the Brac systems, Pontos, and ReWater (there are more than just those three systems I linked to so be sure to check out the whole greywater category).

For more info on greywater, check out the introduction wiki.

Wash the floors

Use it for rinsing dishes before you wash them. 

Wash the car

Bird bath.

Great Idea I will have to look into those...
 

Liz

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Flush the toilet!

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Originally Posted by GreenProjects 

 

There should be a way to contain it without buckets so it can be used for flushing the toilet.  If you think about it, a family of 4 that flushes 4 times each a day (no idea on actual stats) @ 2.0 per flush equals 32 gallons of water a day. 

 

 

 

 That's a great idea. I'll try that out. Do check out some more eco friendly tips.

For this and other gray water processes to reach critical mass, though, they need to be built into the plumbing system. The overwhelming majority of the population is in no mood to be inconvenienced for saving diddly squat on their monthly water bill.

Also, to justify retrofitting an existing home, the monetary savings have to be substantial and the payback period short. All of the above will require special incentives (tax breaks, subsidies, etc) as the market conditions don't really encourage it. Relatively speaking, water is still quite cheap.