Stephanie

I removed the clear drain tubing from the central air conditioning unit attached to our furnace which was draining directly into the sewer from our home. I just lifted the clear air conditioner drain pipe out of the pipe draining into the sewer and placed it into a 5 gallon pail. In a matter of 24 hours we are collecting 5 gallons (+ or – a quart) of clear water for our outdoor plants. Such an effortless means of conserving valuable water during difficult times of water shortage.

Sometimes, we plug our bathtub when we shower, and run a hose from the bathtub, through our upstairs window and into our garden.

I am not watering my lawn at all, and have only purchased one annual flower. I use the water from cooking (draining vegetable water in a pail etc), I have a pail in my shower to catch the cold water coming out at the beginning… Read More »Yard Water Conservation Tip from Kathy

We went to the dollar store, picked up and planted our fake flowers… no water required and they look pretty good too! Lol

We are using only collected rain water for our plants, waiting for next year to plant trees.

We have been collecting rain water, as a family, after every rain and watering our plants and grass with it.