The Great ' Extreme water MoneySaving' Hunt

My water bills are extremely low, single person with water meter. I use my bath water for flushing the toilets. Leave it in the bath and use a plastic jug for the loo in the bathroom, and transfer some of it to a bucket in the downstairs loo. I also collect rainwater for the downstairs loo. I don't have another bath until all water has been used in the toilet. In between baths I wash my bits in a bowl full of water in the kitchen. It's a ridiculous waste of water to bath or shower every day, unless you do a filthy job.

I don't heat my hot water tank, except when I have a bath, usually every two weeks. All other hot water is heated in a pan on the top of the gas cooker, or in a kettle. I wash my hair in a bowl of water in the kitchen sink. Sometimes I put that water in the downstairs loo for flushing, or wash the kitchen floor with it. Sometime I use bath water for washing the car, not very often because I hate that job.

In the summer when there is not much spare water I pee in a bucket and put it on the compost heap. I grow my own veg so if there is not much rain I have to use tap water, but always in a watering can, not a hose pipe. I reckon that growing veg saves me a lot of money, and if I am careful with my water usage in other ways, then I have some to spare for the veg.

I only wash my clothes if they are visibly dirty or smell. None of this putting it in the washing basket every time I take something off. When I have been out I change into my scruffy slobbing around the house clothes and hang the nice clothes back in the wardrobe. The only thing I have clean on every day is my pants.

In answer to Mark Beech .... and we would be likely to become ill if we don't bathe and clean with it. what a load of twaddle. Yes you might become a little unwell if you were an absolutely filthy person living in a filthy house, with no idea of personal hygiene. It is easy to keep yourself and your surroundings clean with very little water if you use it wisely. I am a fit and healthy 64 year old who very rarely becomes ill.
Ilona

sorry, meant to say bathroom sink. In the summer when we havent had any rain, i use all washing up water in the garden as well.

I would like to know how to get the water from an upstairs bathroom , down into a water butt. Where can you buy the kits and how are they fitted??

garden_girl wrote: »

I would like to know how to get the water from an upstairs bathroom , down into a water butt. Where can you buy the kits and how are they fitted??

I physically carry mine down in a bowl, don't want to spend any money on it, too mean to buy a kit.
Ilona
aka Meanqueen

I am not sure that this is extreme - but to comment that we are supplied by Southern Water, and have had a water meter for just over a year. was paying £36 (ish) pm on the old rates system, and under water meter have reduced that now to £13 per month. (3 adults week 4 adults week end). We use the dishwasher 4-5 times per week, washing machine 3-5 times over the weekend, about 6 showers per week and have a combi boiler which means in the kitchen particularly you need to run the tap for a long time before hot water is hot enough to use. Apparently according to Southern water our water use is comparable to a household with 1 adult. Cant wait for the price to go up! anyone else had a similar experience?:question::wave::wave: