Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle bath water or water from the shower?

By: oliver

oliver — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:52:09 +0000

am looking for sol to use wast water to farm in mini greenhouse

By: Marisa

Marisa — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:50:56 +0000

I think a lot of people over think this option of recycling. I live in California and although we have had a TON of rain lately for us we are still in a drought situation and we still pay for imported water. Personally, at my house my bathroom window faces my garden. All I do Is keep an old recycled pond water pump with a long hose on a hook next to my tub. While in the shower I put the stopper in place, this keeps the hot water in the tub while I shower, allowing the water to continue to heat my deepfreez of a bathroom in the early AM and allowing me to salvage the water from my bath. Then after my shower I simply drop the pump into the tum toss the hose out the window and turn it on. By the time my hair is dry the tum is almost empty and my grass is watered. almost effortless. And entirely recycled.

By: Julie Reavis

Julie Reavis — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:57:33 +0000

A company here in the United States has a new product. It consists of an
in-drain pickup that collects the gray water from your shower and pumps
it through the wall and directly onto landscape plants. A small remote
turns the pump on and off. It evacuates the water very nicely…no standing in dirty water. Their website is http://www.MiragePacific.com

By: Shorty

Shorty — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:53:50 +0000

I know a guy who plugs up the drain for a shower and then uses the water for his dog.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:59:15 +0000

Build a filter and then run the lines to your toilet and to another electric hot water tank. This will kill the germs and can use it to do the wash in recycled hot water.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:55:49 +0000

place a brick in the back of the toilet.

By: Ian Hopper

Ian Hopper — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:48:01 +0000

One of the ways my family has been saving water since the 1970′s is to capture the “warm-up water” for reuse instead of letting it run down the drain. When the water in your shower is heating up (this assumes you have an water heater instead of an instant water heater), put a 5g bucket under the spray and capture the water. It can be used to flush the toilet, brush your teeth, wash your face (as long as you don’t mind cold water later!) or any other thing you use water in your house for!

By: Sikantis

Sikantis — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:51:52 +0000

Grey water use can be so great. I’m writing and reading a lot about grey water usage for gardening. You don’t need to install expensive tanks – it’s anyway not recommended to keep grey water longer than 24 hours. Great post, thanks.

By: yoav

yoav — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:33:03 +0000

You can put a small bottle filled with water in the water container of your toilet and save that ammount each flush

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:49:39 +0000

This isn’t my idea, but interesting none the less. You can transfer heat from hot shower waste water to cold incoming water. Check it out:

http://www.ecodrain.ca/en/how-does-it-work

By: giuliana

giuliana — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:05:49 +0000

you can place in your toilet tank HYPPO water saver. can be found for free on some sites or ask your council. Oxfam sells it for £2

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:45:38 +0000

I know a family that keeps the water in the bathtub after their youngest bathes, and then gives pets baths in the same water. They have lots of animals- dogs, rodents, a cat… Today it was the smaller dog’s turn. :)

another unrelated way of saving water is through rain barrels. with the amount of pavement in our towns and cities, lots of times the water tables get screwed up- so you can slow down the flow of water into drains by collecting rain water and then pouring it in your lawn. depending on where you live you may get a lot of rain one month and hardly any the next. you can save on water you would need for a garden that way as well.

By: ecomonster

ecomonster — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:28:30 +0000

you can displace the volume of water in your toilet tanks so that it fills up with less water with bags or other. i’m still looking into this. http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/Toilet_Retrofit_Devices.aspx

or save water from taps and fill up the tank after you’ve just flushed it so that again, it’ll refill with less new water.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:22:31 +0000

I got my syphon from Argos for £15!

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:14:36 +0000

I think there are places where you can get syphons for bath water with hooks for the window so the hosepipe can be attached drectly to the garden. It might have been wiggly wigglers or Lakeland for about £17.