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title: save water
idea: 547
version: 1
by: Yvonne
v.1 comments: 1
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keywords: save money, save water
Shower with a bucket in the shower to catch water run off. Use it to flush the toilet.
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I grew up taking showers this way - allot of water goes down the drain while waiting for it to get hot enough.  In addition to a water restricter shower head - and limiting time to 3-4 minutes, you can save even more by flushing the toilet with this extra water.

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Looper | Mar 11, 2009 10:01 AM | new | reply

I used to do this and take the bucket all the way downstairs to water outside plants. One day I spilled a gallon of water down my stairs and that was the end of it. It never occurred to me to use it for flushing the toilet. Duh!

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