THESE STATISTICS MAKE ME SO “BLUE”  THAT’S INSPIRING TO GO “GREEN”.

A whoping 95% of the water delivered to your home goes down the drain but 65% of  it can be reused.   Only about 3% of the water delivered to the home is accounted for drinking water.

Drinking water is used to flush our toilets.  It is estimated that a female occupant will use  4.8 gallons per day (based on use of three times of day at 1.6 gallons per flush) and for and males  3.6 gallons (based on use of one 1.6 gallon toilet flush and two urinial uses of 1 gallon per use).  If your an avid gardener you can save all this water and its cost by replacing your standard water closet with a waterless toilet and use the wastes for your garden.

Running water in your bathroom sink or shower until the water runs warm can use up to 5 gallons.  One suggestion I read was some one actually collected the cold shower water in buckets and used it to water the garden.  That’s a great idea but not always convenient or practical depending on how are homes are designed and if your shower is on the second floor.  My practice has been to bring a bowl of warm water from a source that is instant to my bathroom to wash up before bedtime.  I think of the old colonial days where they used those grand water pitchers in the bedroom before the days of running water.  So the pitcher still holds water but for a different purpose.

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