I don’t consider myself judgmental, but when I see other people waste water, no matter just a little or a lot of water, I can easily feel annoyed. So in this post, I’m going to share with you how I reuse water at home, and hopefully, there is something you can take away. Because:
You never know the worth of the water until the well runs dry.
Thomas Fuller
How to reuse water in the bathroom?
Let’s start with the bathroom. The water you use to wash your hands or face can be reused to:
- flush the toilet
- rinse the cleaning cloth
All you need to do is:
- buy a washing-up bowl that can fit into your sink, like the one below.
- put the bowl in the sink before you wash your hands; it will catch the water while you wash your hands/face.
- turn off the tap once you finish cleaning your hands/face. Then pour the water into the toilet to flush if it smells. If the toilet isn’t too smelly, you can save the water for later.
According to the statistics, most people use the toilet 6 or 7 times a day, and each flush uses around 3 to 4 litres. So, that’s nearly two bottles of two-litre milk for EACH flush!!
Let’s look at the figure from another angle. In a home, around 30% of the total water used is used to flush the toilet, which is the same quality of water from the tap. So using the water we save in the bowl can definitely cut down our water bill.
If we don’t learn to conserve, we’ll all be fish out of water!
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How about in the kitchen?
You can save a lot of water when cooking or just making a cup of tea. For example, when washing fruits or vegetables, use a plastic container to catch the water. Even better, you can wash not-so-dirty ones first and use the water in the container to clean the dirtier ingredients.
For example, I usually wash leafy greens before washing carrots and potatoes because those root vegetables can often come with some dirt on their skin. So before I peel them, I want to wash the dirt away, and I don’t use the water from the tap. Instead, I use the water I’ve saved in the plastic container, which serves the purpose just fine. At the same time, I reuse the water!
Also, when filling the kettle, I sometimes run the water a bit if the water is hot after I just finished dishes. I would also save the water and use it to rinse my kitchen cloth and mop the kitchen worktop.
How about you? What do you do to reuse the water around your home? Would you like to try my way of reusing water? Leave comments below to share your thoughts!
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