ways to waste less water

(or basically a list of things people do with water that irritates me)

dont keep the tap running the whole time at full blast while you are brushing your teeth or washing dishes
dont do a full flush when you are only urinating
dont take excessively long showers (there was a good article on alternative bathing methods in the guardian a while ago, but i cant see anyone adopting it, esp here in the west)

Indirect water use (agriculture, manufacturing and energy production) dwarfs home consumption by at least an order of magnitude.

Eat less meat (or none).
Buy less stuff.
Use less energy.

fill your swimming pool with rocks and dirt and turn it into a rock garden

- replace your lawn with a rock garden, too. add flamingos, cacti, sculptures, etc as desired

- keep a bucket in the shower to collect stray water. use for watering plants or whatever.

- take your car to a car wash, don't do it yourself (controversial)

Indirect water use (agriculture, manufacturing and energy production) dwarfs home consumption by at least an order of magnitude.

Eat less meat (or none).
Buy less stuff.
Use less energy.

― chihuahuau, Thursday, June 2, 2016 6:08 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah.

and if your water is freshwater sourced it's mostly getting recycled anyway. and even if it isn't, worrying about your home consumption is such a silly thing (that a lot of wasteful corporations would probably like you to continue to do). like you could cut 15 minutes off your shower every day for a month or you could just... eat chicken instead of beef one time. or not. that beef you don't eat will just get thrown out.

- destroy wasteful corporatism
- that's about it

- take your car to a car wash, don't do it yourself (controversial)

Or don't bother washing your car at all.

Drink sand

Wash yourself in waterfalls.

usually hike down to one when i'm need of a wash

Pee in your mouth

- invest now in stillsuit technology, because one day you'll wish you had

eat chicken instead of beef one time. or not. that beef you don't eat will just get thrown out.

a consistent reduction in demand will eventually translate into less production. the system is inefficient, but not brain dead.

- live somewhere with lots of water
- stop caring
- wear a funny hat
- realize that you are going to die one day
- do drugs
- ride a unicycle
- be a frog

Wash yourself in waterfalls.

― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 3 June 2016

usually hike down to one when i'm need of a wash

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 3 June 2016

What's that like? Size and heat of waterfall? Is it nice?

cut soup and oatmeal out of your diet

- don't grow rice and almonds in the desert

don't go wasting waterfalls

only drink beer and wine