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Homemaker-In-Training #4

July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments

That’s right everyone, HITT is back!  I don’t know how exciting that is for you, but I’m excited.  You can find the first HITT HERE.  I won’t be able to post HITT every week, but please feel free to post it yourself!  There won’t be a linky, but at least your own readers can benefit.

Conserving Water

This is an issue that not many people have to deal with, there are wells in abundance in the USA.  However, my family has to deal with it, and maybe someday you will to.

My family’s property does not have a usable well; we use a cistern to hold water.  We have to pay every so often for a man to bring us water in a big truck.

Being able to make things last as long as possible is a good thing to learn.  Someday, you could be in a situation where you didn’t have enough money to buy what you need, so have to stretch it.  I thought I would just share some of the ways that we do, have, or could, conserve water.  Maybe they will be helpful for someone, and it gives a good example of what I mean.

  • Take fast showers.  We have six people in our family, and having all of us take showers twice a week uses quite a bit of our water.
  • Reuse the shower water.  We plug our bathtubs and then shower like normal.  When we are done we scoop the water out and use pour it on our outdoor plants. 
  • Use your dishwater for the same purpose as above.
  • When you get a glass of water, drink it all.  Don’t pour the rest down the sink, or leave it laying out where it could be spilled.
  • Check appliances that use water.  Our dishwasher is one that we have to manually hook to the faucet, and it leaks.  We make sure to turn it off soon after it finishes, or else it continues to leak.
  • Wash your car in town.  I don’t know how much money this really saves, but it saves your water!
  • Catch rain water in a barrel…no, just kidding!  We don’t go that far!

Many of these don’t really save that much more water, but at least they make you feel like you are doing a little to help!

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