We discovered as a family, a hidden water source from the air conditioner, purely condensate water.
It’s easy to do and the water collection throughout the day fills a 5 gallon pail!
There are so many wonderful ways to conserve water!
We are working diligently to conserve water in numerous ways .. I’ve layered mulch in the flower beds to hold the moisture , collecting as much rain water as possible. We are also use the grey water from showering /dishes / bathroom sink water to water plants.
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.
We are pleased to have a new sponsor on board our Water Conservation Challenge in Morden! Access Credit Union has joined the business sponsors which include Prairie Barnwood, Home Hardware, MMJS, and Gallery Wealth Management. Thank you to all our sponsors for making it possible to host this challenge! This announcement comes as we announce our first winners, drawn from all the submissions to the challenge. We are excited to announce that Megan Rodgers has won the first rain barrel, Derek Sawatzky has won the home water conservation kit, and Scarlette Paracholski has won the youth water conservation kit. Congratulations to all our winners!
Sometimes, we plug our bathtub when we shower, and run a hose from the bathtub, through our upstairs window and into our garden.
We are saving our shower water and sink water and using it to flush our toilet and we are using the rule “if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down”. We are saving our water from washing and rinsing dishes to use to water my plants on the deck.
We are conserving water in our home by applying similar principles as recycling: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle. One way we reduce our water consumption is with a low-flow shower head attachment, and taking very short showers. Reusing & Recycling water is accomplished by having a pail, bowl or bucket under each faucet. (Rinse dishes in a bowl, wash hands in a pail, capture & scoop shower water into a bucket.) This allows all the used water to be captured for reuse and recycling for watering plants, as well as dumping into the toilet to flush via gravity.
We built a small garden and bought a new rain barrel to water it.
We have been collecting rain water, as a family, after every rain and watering our plants and grass with it.
We discovered that when we turn on the tap to warm the water before getting in the shower, the cold water fills one waste basket. We then use that water to pour into our toilet to “force” flush it.