Water saving tips

Davesnave

hioneday said:

I use a hot water bottle in the winter and got to thinking about the amount of water I throw down the sink in the morning. I am on a meter so every little counts. I now have a kettle specifically for my hot water bottle, I boil the kettle in the evenings and in the morning refill the kettle from the hot water bottle. Just re-use the water over and over again.

So, in order to save, say, 150 litres of water annually,  you have a company manufacture a kettle. I wonder how many litres that process consumes?

no1catman

I have four 210+ltr water butts, plus an old dustbin. Using the water butt water to fill watering cans is a lot more frugal with water than via a hose from a tap. Once, those are empty, I'll probably refill, when I clean the fish pond's water filter!

akwexavante

I have 4X 1000ltr IBC water tanks, £25ea stacked 2 high together as a group of 4 plumbed up with a tap on one of them only.  They fill up from the roof and from the bathroom hand basin and shower.  I have a large garden, and they nearly ran out in 2018 but did run out in 2019.  The only years they have just about let me down.