Water Collection Bucket-Water Saving Tip #1
The more I use my water collection bucket, the more uses I find. On the average day, our family collects 10 gallons of water. In a year that totals to 3650 gallons of water collected and saved. From a global perspective, that is the same amount used by two African families.
The primary design of the bucket is to collect water as it heats up in both the shower and the kitchen sink. My kitchen sink is farther from the water heater so sometimes it takes 1.6 gallons (the size of the small bucket) to heat up the water for dishes. I have gone beyond capturing the blast of cold water as I wait for hot water.
I use it to collect the water as I rinse our fruits and vegetables. The tomatoes in the picture are from our vegetable garden that is watered exclusively from the water collected throughout the day. There is nothing like homegrown tomatoes..they are a more brilliant red ...they taste sweeter...and the best part--we save water.
The primary design of the bucket is to collect water as it heats up in both the shower and the kitchen sink. My kitchen sink is farther from the water heater so sometimes it takes 1.6 gallons (the size of the small bucket) to heat up the water for dishes. I have gone beyond capturing the blast of cold water as I wait for hot water.
I use it to collect the water as I rinse our fruits and vegetables. The tomatoes in the picture are from our vegetable garden that is watered exclusively from the water collected throughout the day. There is nothing like homegrown tomatoes..they are a more brilliant red ...they taste sweeter...and the best part--we save water.