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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

I use about the same as you Leslie, except I do not use any for my composting 
toilet.
Being a single person, makes it easier to conserve water.
Laundry is done in a front loading machine and compared to the old top loader 
it does not use much water at all to do a load!
During our recent wonderful abundant rainfall I was wishing I could figure 
out how to harvest the water from the wet weather spring!  Unfortunately I 
never know just where it will make its exit on the hillside so have not 
figured out how to save it!
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Leslie 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Water for house, garden, roof


  My usage on all days except laundry days.

  1 gallon for drinking and cooking
  2 gallons for hands/dishes/cooking
  1-2 quarts max for toilet (not a regular toilet).
  1 gallon to bathe
  2 quarts just in case....

  I keep up 5 gallons on standby in a cooler, and have measured this before 
when the water line busted. I have yet to use the whole 5 gallons in a day.

  Did the same in an apartment. I had never had a water bill before and was 
a) verifying the water actually used [the meter was in the apt] and b) trying 
to see how little one can get by with....


  Course in the desert without electricity (or solar powered pump) - 5 
gallons would be hard to come by.... 

  The neighbors have a huge old metal water tower - but when I asked, the 
bottom had rusted out, so they no longer use it. They pumped water up into to 
it and stored it... it wasn't rain water fed. :-(
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  -How much water do you use a day? (approx)




        
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