Saving shower water

New_in_the_fens

Glad said:

New_in_the_fens said:

If it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown, flush it down 😉 also use the collected water from the dehumidifier to do a brown flush when it times out right. Only pay for clean water as on a septic tank system - pay £220 per year and I’m working on that. 

I've often heard this rhyme. Do you have a limit though? If my other half and I managed a number 2 in work, I can't imagine not flushing our loo for days on end!

I work from home most days, so I don’t bother flushing through the day till the evening, and no one flushes overnight. It’s not a massive thing, but the rhyme goes through my head whenever I go to the loo! Probably reduces flushes by about 5 times a day 😀

quartzz

My shower is in the bath - goes down the plughole. I could consider saving shower water for the loo. How do you actually collect bathwater? Plumber piping/welding job I assume? also means taking the bath apart? (taking the sides off at least)

Lilio8

One day, about 4 years ago, I decided that all that water left over after a bath or a shower was not going to be wasted. I went to Wilko and bought a large plastic container, 90-100L, it cost me maybe £10, not a lot, can't remember exactly. We use a small washing basin to transfer the water from the bathtub to the big plastic container. We leave some of the water inside the bathtub (mostly because at some point I get fed up transferring water) and simply use either to flush the toilet. The saving on the water bill is not spectacular but every little helps, £30-£40 that remains in my purse.