Water Restrictions - How to save water?

[hayd3n]

When we actually get some rain, will you come show me how?

can divert washing machine to it too

[Mom]

installing a water tank or two and catching water in the winter ( have two 10,000 litre tanks ) just
for the missues garden as we have been on water restrictions for a while now..

I really think that this is something we need to look into in the future.

though Ex mil can have a wash and a shave out of a cup of water

Mine never shaved, she must have only used 1/4 to wash, the rest went to waste

...your welcome

Them free tyres went to your head eh?

[BMWST?]

low flow shower rose,front load washing machines use less water

[Motu]

Brought up by parents that grew up on tank water, and then being on tank water ourselves with a young family we went to extremes to save water. The If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down mantra was on the wall of our toilet for visitors. No showers, one bath for all to wash in....dirty fathers last - then I had a pump I dropped in the bath and pumped into the washing machine. So washing last thing at night, fresh water rinse, but bath water wash. The laundry water went into a holding tank which was used on the vege garden in summer, and just run into the stream in winter. Gotta be careful with laundry water on the garden, it's too alkali, that's as bad as an acid soil. Never, ever wash a car or bike....at your house, wash it somewhere else. Wash dishes by hand once a day...minimal water.

We live on our largest river now - no shortage of water, but the filters can't keep up because of the alge in summer. I'm still pretty frugal with water.

[mashman]

Fuck the shower. Sponge bathing is where it's at. Run the dehumidifier... in fact buy fuckloads of them and then sell it to the neighbours, even better would be to get some form of solar array to run them. Dig a well, find the mains and add a ballcock. Move net to the ocean and build a mini desalination plant. Hook a hose up to next door.

[Hitcher]

Buy a shower timer or make yourself one. Seven minutes, in and out. Also get yourself a water-efficient shower rose. The latest ones work really well in terms of an in-shower experience.

[Road kill]

Most toilet and showers at work.

Water for the horse an dogs from the farm bore,,,shared with 4 other families an heaps of cows.

Living with tank water for the house can suck but at lest I don't have to live in town or have close neighbours.

[BMWST?]

Most toilet and showers at work.

that doesnt SAVE water does it

[Motu]

Buy a shower timer or make yourself one. Seven minutes, in and out. Also get yourself a water-efficient shower rose. The latest ones work really well in terms of an in-shower experience.

Where does the water go ? Down the drain - what a waste. You need to maximise the use of the water...multiple use if possible.

[Disco Dan]

I just spent 20 minutes watering the lawn with the hose pipe. Was starting to turn a little yellow.

[Brian d marge]

Brought up by parents that grew up on tank water, and then being on tank water ourselves with a young family we went to extremes to save water. The If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down mantra was on the wall of our toilet for visitors. No showers, one bath for all to wash in....dirty fathers last - then I had a pump I dropped in the bath and pumped into the washing machine. So washing last thing at night, fresh water rinse, but bath water wash. The laundry water went into a holding tank which was used on the vege garden in summer, and just run into the stream in winter. Gotta be careful with laundry water on the garden, it's too alkali, that's as bad as an acid soil. Never, ever wash a car or bike....at your house, wash it somewhere else. Wash dishes by hand once a day...minimal water.

We live on our largest river now - no shortage of water, but the filters can't keep up because of the alge in summer. I'm still pretty frugal with water.

Japanese style , sponge wash from bowl out side bath , qick rinse then into hot bath , the whole family can bathe and the water is STILL clean from the bath we pump that into the washing machine , ( actually the bath is computer controlled and will keep the water warm for as long as u want we have a cover that stops heat loss , so the same clean water can be used for at least a few day ( the bath has a filter etc)

lawns/ and vege gardens , dig em up and add a layer of spagnum moss then mulch ( see lawns in the desert , or no water lawns on internet ) , finally hydroponics or aqua ponics use less water than traditional gardens ( from the clean bath water u used !!)

Finally tell the fking Americans to fk off and let us deal with our own water ! .....and big commerial agriculture !

Stephen

[Nova.]

shower together

[Maha]

If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down...


Does that help? (I remember that cute little saying from a severe water shortage some years ago)

I can't stand that rule, the toilet gets flushed no matter what, nothing is left to simmer.
Kids who are taught/grew up with that rule, carry it on into adulthood...even when there is NO water shortage...it's then called lazyness.
I don't want to look at someones piss soaked toilet paper lurking at the very point I want to .....um, point IYKWIM?

However, I tip the left over water from the jug into the bucket, not down the sink.
Perhaps using the 1/2 flush instead on the full all the time would help also...a habit I should break.

[Akzle]

Buy a shower timer or make yourself one. Seven minutes, in and out. Also get yourself a water-efficient shower rose. The latest ones work really well in terms of an in-shower experience.

7 minutes?! what a waster!
30 seconds of cold water: pits, sack and crack. (and no motivation to stay in longer than needed)

raised garden beds will drain away more water than not-so raised ones.
any trees, but particularly fruit, should be planted in a small hollow in the ground to direct any catchment to the centre of the rootball, but not so it's pooling and rotting the trunk.
MULCH!
don't use a dishwasher. if you have a big sink, buy a square bucket that's smaller than it to fill and do dishes.
USE LESS - use one bowl for brekkie lunch and dinner (quick rinse inbetwixt)
i don't know about bricks, but if you sink a couple of the 2lt softdrink bottles in the toilet cistern that will nearly half your flush, and/or set the water fill level lower, and/or only ever use the "half" flush on the dunny - or all of the above.
dig a long drop

more, later. i use about 40lt/week by myself, almost double-treble that with the kids.

[BoristheBiter]

We have a 25000L tank and the same before that. Never in 15 years have we ever gone past half full (1m off the top now).
I don't conserve water but i'm not wasteful either.

But I guess again I will have to pay for another dumb arsed pipeline because people just love to waste water.