shower with a friend or 2,, ;-))

I have 2 x 5,000 ltre rainwater tanks in my yard in Perth. One of the best investments I have ever made.......

Thank You for the tips!

Most of these tips are known to Aussies who have lived here all their lives because we have always lived with water shortages except when we are experiencing floods. This year the floods have been very bad but then so too was the drought. Until someone has the backbone to say "no more" and build dams or de-sal plants the cycle will continue. It's a pity because the environment would be so much better if we could freely water our gardens and lawns.

I grew up in outback Australia and saving water was a serious part of life they are lessons that have lasted a life time thank you for sharing

Thanks, I have lived in the country for a number of years, mostly with no piped water to the house. That makes you very aware of the importance of this substance in all your household activities.

good advice & I'm trying to do most of them

I do most of these now but I'm just wondering what a Water Butt is. We have 3 rainwater tanks and use that to give fresh water to my birds and to water the garden.

Great advice. I do a fair bit of that. However, at the present time all the dams in NSW are overflowing. We are a 'land of drought and flooding plains', so I am sure that in another few years we will have to be saving water again.

Wonder how many years on this planet.. Us oldies have not been wasting water for over 7 decades pity we can stop paying water bill for using $11 water per year and $300 per quarter for the pivilege.

I used less water

I have 3 water tanks. 1 link to the toilet and the other 2 for personal and garden use. My last water bill was $255. $0 for water use and $255 in access fees.

For the last 2 quarters I have not had to pay a water bill. The way that has worked, is that the amount of water I am being charged for, amounts to the amount of Government concession, so therefore no bill. I live in Public Housing with just myself & my husband.

I try to save water

I try to save water every opportunity I have.

My wife has total disregard for water savings. She washes up with tap running so not only water but gas. I wash up with sink full and clean water in 2nd sink for rinse. I have told her wait until you have to pay the bill by yourself and you will see why I go on about it.

We lived in a caravan for 4 years so we know how to not use so much water. We had 2 80 litre tanks and we also carried a 5 litre drum and we also would fill the brew bottle too which is 40 litres when it wasn't in use. Also not flushing your toilet for just wee helps too, we do that as it is just us in the house and we don't flush our toilet at night as we have a pump which was noisy but my husband pulled it out and thinks it had an air bubble in it. Sounds so much better now. We live on tank water now so the caravan days helped a lot when we came to live here. In 2019 we had less than 200mm of rain for the year and we never ran out of water. No worries this year as it has been quite a wet one so far. We are getting some more tanks too, as we have a nice new bigger roof on our extension. As long as we get some rain we will be alright.

All of these ideas sound good to save water. I have to admit I am a bit naughty when it comes to water. I don't fill up the sink to wash dishes. But I do leave the washing machine to sort the level of water it wants. I use the less water in the toilet. And I always take showers not baths.

The info was timely, and I will use some of these tips. thank you!

Limit showers to 4 minutes.

I never thought to put my fruit and veggies in a bowl then use that water for my plant. It's a great idea!

Not new water saving tips..most of us are very waste conscious. I don't go out much so I stagger the days I have a shower, having a hand wash instead. I had tanks for collecting the water that ran off the roof but the ex stole them. My daughter and I use far less than the water usage for two people.

GREAT ADVICE

It's so easy to change a taps washer, you shouldn't have a drip at all.

yes done that plus more put a bucket in the shower and when the hot water takes its time fill the bucket and water plants

Great!

Clever

Also you can install a garden water tank but use it for everything and start preparing for town water shortage survival. Stop using treated water then. That will help to save on water. The last time I took a bath was 50 years ago when I was a kid. Have not had time to sit in the bath. Just a shower and back to to something.

great advice, all of which I currently have and do.

When I have my (almost) daily shave, I have a plastic beer jug which is calibrated to 1+ litres and I put this under the tap while the hot water comes through. Even if it is raining I still collect my jug full and pour it into a bucket for distribution around the garden and into the bird baths. I estimate that in one year I collect the capacity of one and a half 44 gallon drums or 260 litres. If every second person did this in our suburb of about 2500 people imagine the benefit to the community at large.

This probably only works for singles and, maybe, couples. have a bucket, or two, in the Shower, as you wash they will fill up and you can use this water, which otherwise just goes down the drain, to flush the Toilet. Keep in mind "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's Brown send it down" - works in cooler weather so you may only have to flush - bucket or cistern - once or twice a day.

Only fill your kettle to the number of cups you need. as Donovan sang if it yellow let it mellow. Catch the water from taps/shower waiting for the water to heat up

Look up Advice from a single dad on YouTube for water saving tipsEdited 14-Apr-22 07:39am

yep I do all this. Also put bucket in shower to catch the water while it's warming up (to put on plants)

whatever happens to free water? . Water is a Gift and yet the Government are making money of it., and install a running meter to measure units we use. Are we really paying for the water or the pipes that run the water to our homes. We may as well, don't drink

I have adopted my mother's way of drinking mainly boiled water from the kettle. It will sit near the sink or in summer it will live in the fridge.

It is a good idea when washing the vegetables I definitely never thought about this before. I take short showers and in the cooler months every second day. Brush my teeth with the tap off always have done this from a young age. All good advice.

Eventually, we must come up with a technology that can turn unclean water into drinkable or recyclable water. I actually wrote a report about this. I did a lot of extensive research on the subject. There are some devices that can help conserve water better.

Don't drink.

Hahaha my daughter always shuts the water off when I’m brushing my teeth

This is good information know more about.

Great advice and very helpful ideas thank you.

Thanks.

I have many water saving devices as water costs money. I never run the tap when doing my teeth, use a d/w as this saves 100's of litres a week against washing in sink, I have duel flush cisterns and I never have a bath. Another water saving device is not let your partner/husband/son just stand under the shower and let it run for ages. I am in and out within 5 minutes or less depending on if I have to wash my hair. They take 10 minutes plus. Sorry guys but I bet most women will agree and some men also. lol As for saving water, we are having floods here and it has rained every day bar a couple for months . More water than I know what to do with. All our dams are over full and still rain is falling. Doesn't stop the council from charging excess water use though and really the dams need to be lowered as some are over 125% but mostly just over 100% and the clean up from the floods also needs clean water to hose the mud and muck away.

make sure taps etc, are off tightly

LIKE (nothing LIKE good-common-sense)!Edited 14-Apr-22 05:31am

These are great ideas