Useful extras
April 22, 2009
Capture sink water
Challenge Yourself for: 24 Hours
Water is our planet’s most vital resource – and in many places, it’s under threat. Yet, in industrialized parts of the world, we often take it for granted. One simple way you can save and reuse so-called “gray” water is to place a bowl, trap, or device like Hughie’s removable kitchen sink in your basin. Today, challenge yourself to trap a day’s worth of sink water. Here are just a few ways you can use it:
• Watering gardens
• Washing cars
• Bathing pets
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12 comments
I wash all my dishes in a pan in the sink, with environmentally soap. I use it later on my lawn to help water.
I am so good at wasting water! I prerinse and then hand wash my dishes. I will do better!!
When I am doing canning there is a lot of washing vegetables through several rinses. I always carry this water out to water all my hanging baskets since they need water almost daily in the hot weather.
I like the pan in the sink idea. Watering outside plants is too. I will start doing this today.
i have young children.. 3 nights a week they take a bath but dont use soap .. the next day we water the plants with it
If it’s yellow, lrt it mellow.
If t’s brown, flush it down.
After 11 months, our water cosumption is down 7%.
I keep plastic milk jugs by the kitchen sink and bathtub so when someone is waiting for the water to heat up, we catch that water in the jugs and use that for our house and garden plants. It’s especially helpful in the summer when using outside water is banned.
Or use it to flush the toilet instead of using good clean water!
I haven’t “caught” my wasting water, though, I do turn water off when washing my hands and brushing my teeth. I’m going to do what bpel1020 is doing, catching wasted water in plastic milk jugs. Good idea.
I capture rain water in a barrel to water my garden. The city water…I use the dirty used water to wet down my compost barrels. I turn off the water during showers, brushing teeth and even washing hands. This will also lower your utility bills. I use a new front clothes washer and have cut my usage by 3K per month Yea!!! Everything helps, just retrain your habits for the sake of this beautiful EARTH!
When I wash my face at the bathroom sink, I stopper the drain and collect just enough water for rinsing my face. I reuse the water and washcloth to wipe the sink clean before draining it.
The rain barrel is the best if you have the appropriate home site. Think liquids=water, fruit & veg. juices, etc are great to water outside plants as well as dish soap and such, just be mindful of salt if it has been added. Coffee and tea are also great.