Home 27 Mar 2005 12:51 pm
water conservation
Josh’s water-saving gadget for the shower is a great success. I wish we’d installed one of these temporary shutoff valves ages ago.
Other things we’ll be doing to save water in the coming summer of drought include using a bunch of rainbarrels, putting in a lot of compost so our garden will soak up the rain better, looking for leaks, and keeping a pitcher by the sink — when I need to run water until it’s hot, I fill up the pitcher and use that water for drinking. And we’re not watering the lawn. We hate the lawn and are going to try to kill most of it off.
What about you guys? What are your plans?
on 27 Mar 2005 at 1:11 pm 1.cissa said …
When we landscape, we’re going to put in an irrigation system so we can water only what needs it, and minimize the amount. Mulch etc. of course. Also, we’re trying to find stuff to grow that doesn’t need much water- that will make it harder for us to kill it. If we ever get gutters, we’ll get barrels.
on 27 Mar 2005 at 1:39 pm 2.Mia said …
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http://www.realgoods.com/renew/shop/list.cfm/dp/2300, is specifically about water conservation.
on 27 Mar 2005 at 4:38 pm 3.Ted said …
I, too, plan to forego watering your lawn.
[We appreciate this. — Cam]
on 27 Mar 2005 at 8:45 pm 4.Wim said …
I plan to scowl at the water-wasting neighbors whenever they’re out watering their lawn. I could probably optimize my bathing as well…
on 27 Mar 2005 at 9:29 pm 5.Mykque said …
I won’t water the lawn, (I never do anyway) or any plants. I will clean the hot tub whenever it needs it. If I take any fewer showers, people will start to talk about me behind my back.
on 28 Mar 2005 at 3:51 pm 6.M.C. said …
Not a bad bit of work. Only thing different I’d do is mount the valve so pull-down was off (you want off to be easy, and on to be hard), but then again, that’s just the engineer in me.
on 29 Mar 2005 at 9:59 am 7.Liss said …
No watering of the lawn, rain barrels, drip irrigation for the small actual garden area.
The rain barrels will be used for both the drip and to water the potted veggies. We aren’t allowed to dig up a big area of the ground, so most the stuff will be in containers.
Need to figure out the showering bit, but we’ve already got an energy and water efficient washer.