tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736699.post114456671668335926..comments2024-02-01T16:41:23.163+00:00Comments on Sustainable Suburbia: Less water than the Sudan?Ken Boakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01168707285621954181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736699.post-1155817806697184282006-08-17T13:30:00.000+01:002006-08-17T13:30:00.000+01:00Speaking from a country with GREAT water problems ...Speaking from a country with GREAT water problems (the worst draught ever, aproaching desertic climate, and the greediest golf industry), we have to be much more careful than you people.<BR/>I think that things that are not paid are not appreciated, so we should demand from water suppliers to charge for the actual water use in each household, and include piping maintenance in their balances. <BR/>Apart from that (which is the greatest water source, because water mains are over dimensionated), the best source is to save water at home. I can give you some tips we use:<BR/>- Use a dishwasher, it uses much less energy and water.<BR/>- Use a "green" washing machine, using less water<BR/>- Change your toilets for more modern appliances which flush with two different volumes (small and big, no need to elaboarte).<BR/>- Use diffusors in taps, so that you get a more ample water flow using the same ammount of water.<BR/>- At the shower, collect cold water in a bin until the hot water comes through from the heater. Use it for floor cleaning, garden watering, etc.<BR/>- Shower rules: the last one to take the shower cleans it, no need to clean it while members of the family use it in turns.<BR/>- Collect the water you use to wash your vegetables in a bowl. Also recicle the water you use to boil vegetables (NOT cabbage, please).<BR/>- If you want cold drinking water, keep a bottle in the refrigerator, donĀ“t open your tap until it arrives from somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16736699.post-1144604926114023752006-04-09T18:48:00.000+01:002006-04-09T18:48:00.000+01:00Inspirational again..... I've spent half the day r...Inspirational again..... I've spent half the day re-looking at our plumbing arrangements to determine how we could best re-use grey water and collect more rain water.<BR/><BR/>My only slight concern (as an ex-food industry microbiologist) is in using any water from human washing on vegetables. The risk of cross-contamination (of some of the less friendly gut bacteria) might be minimal but does exist... particularly a problem with sald crops where there's not going to be any cooking.<BR/><BR/>I'm not meaning to sound negative as I've found all this inspirational but I would tend to try and keep grey water for loo flushing and rain water for the crops.... which proably means a much larger storage for rain... rats!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com