To: <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>, <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Water for house, garden, roof
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:07:10 -0500
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
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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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