How are you planning to save water

07-05-2014 12:54PM #1

I was listening to a conversation about house hold water charges in Germany, (which are high) so apparently in the shower people have a wash turn off the shower and then shampoo their hair and then turn the shower on to quickly rinse their hair all to save water.

As giving up washing is not an option for most people how are you planning to save water when water charges come in.

Lisha · 07-05-2014 12:55PM

'If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down'

The Master · 07-05-2014 12:56PM

Showering in work
Stealing cylinders of Hydrogen and Oxygen and mixing them myself at home

jane82 · 07-05-2014 12:57PM

In a river bank.

whirlpool · 07-05-2014 12:57PM

I'll cut my showers down to ten minutes.

Gannicus · 07-05-2014 12:57PM

mariaalice wrote: »

I was listening to a conversation about house hold water charges in Germany, (which are high) so apparently in the shower people have a wash turn off the shower and then shampoo their hair and then turn the shower on to quickly rinse their hair all to save water.

As giving up washing is not an option for most people how are you planning to save water when water charges come in.

One simple rule:

"If its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down"

Friends have being getting things to trap rain water to use but not sure how hygenic that would be. (I see the irony in my post)

Celly Smunt · 07-05-2014 12:57PM

Better drink my own piss.

donegal__road · 07-05-2014 12:58PM

1. Gym membership

2. this thing

*my guess is that Irish Water will have a target figure they will have to reach.. so skimp and save as much as we try, they will raise prices accordingly to reach their figure.

Santa Cruz · 07-05-2014 12:58PM

The uncle saw this coming years ago so he started saving. He has loads of barrels of the stuff below in the barn.

ScumLord · 07-05-2014 12:59PM

I'm going to get a bucket and fill it with water coming out of all the leaks.

NSAman · 07-05-2014 01:01PM

Santa Cruz wrote: »

The uncle saw this coming years ago so he started saving. He has loads of barrels of the stuff below in the barn.

Would he not put it in the bank? Ahh I suppose the tax man might catch him though... strange place to hide your cash...

bumper234 · 07-05-2014 01:02PM

Gym 5 days a week solves most problems

Know a guy in the uk who saves up dirty dishes till he has a pile, after washing the dishes in the sink he uses the water to flush the toilet and water his garden. I have 2 large barrels one collects water from the garage one that collect water from the shed. I use this for the garden and washing the cars. Always believed in water conservation so will not really bother me to implement new ideas to save more.

Birneybau · 07-05-2014 01:03PM

P!ss into a Brita filtered jug, put it in the fridge, repeat.

Rorster_123 · 07-05-2014 01:05PM

Intend giving up water and just drinking beer

Mrs Garth Brooks · 07-05-2014 01:08PM

Im not sure how i'll cope in the shower at all. Switching off the water, shampooing the hair, putting soap on....its cold without the hot water.

**** you irish government.

MS.ing · 07-05-2014 01:09PM

jars or possibly a liferaft depending on the situation

Gyalist · 07-05-2014 01:11PM

Makes me feel old that I remember the slogan "Save water, shower with a friend" being popular with hippies back in the '70s.

K.Flyer · 07-05-2014 01:11PM

When Showering,
Get wet all over..
Turn off the water..
Scrub all over..
Turn on the water and quickly rinse all over..
Turn of the water..

How difficult is that?

Do not leave the taps running when brushing your teeth.

Half fill (or less) the basin when washing your face, don't leave the taps running.

Get some narrow 250ml or 500ml plastic drink bottles, fill them with water and cap them. Place them in your toilet cistern (out of harms way) and save water each time you flush.

Washing Machines and Dishwashers use huge amounts of water, fill them up before you use them to get the most from the water.

My name is URL · 07-05-2014 01:12PM

A good way to save water on flushing the toilet is to fill a few bottles with sand or water and put them in the cistern. Then not as much is required to refill it. I've been doing this for years already.

oldyouth · 07-05-2014 01:14PM

I'll switch to my well if washing the car or power hosing etc

Serious question; Is there a way to monitor your usage or do you have to accept their meter reading????

Mrs Garth Brooks · 07-05-2014 01:14PM

Lisha wrote: »

'If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down'

Imangine being a guest in someone's house, like your granny and you go of to use the toilet and its filled up to the brim full of crap.

Or people crapping in buckets and posting them to Enda Kenny.

Penny Tration · 07-05-2014 01:15PM

I'll go from a shower once per month, to once per quarter.

I'll stop flushing the loo and just bury my sh!te out the back garden.

Stop brushing my teeth.

Drink wine instead of water.

Switch from real dishes and cutlery to disposable paper stuff.

Sorted.

The Diabolical Monocle · 07-05-2014 01:15PM

Well timed 2's.

Out the back garden under cover of darkness.

Caliden · 07-05-2014 01:16PM

We should organise a protest before the charges come in where everyone leaves their taps on for a solid hour.

bumper234 · 07-05-2014 01:18PM

Caliden wrote: »

We should organise a protest before the charges come in where everyone leaves their taps on for a solid hour.

So we should waste water to protest against the charges that are coming in to stop us from wasting water?

Birneybau · 07-05-2014 01:18PM

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

Imangine being a guest in someone's house, like your granny and you go of to use the toilet and its filled up to the brim full of crap.

Or people crapping in buckets and posting them to Enda Kenny.

You flush it if it's brown.

KTRIC · 07-05-2014 01:18PM

I'm going to run the water off the electricity,
the electricity off the gas,
and the gas off the electricity.

:pac:

Ingenious idea, it's bound to work !!

Rubberchikken · 07-05-2014 01:19PM

god, never wasted it before this. what a fool. so i plan to go mad with it until charges come in then come to my senses and do as i do with electricity etc and watch every drop:(

07-05-2014 01:20PM

Don't waste much anyway, got a shock after the water ration in spain many years ago
I already turn off water when shampooing and soaping up. Do people leave it on? It'll just rinse off while you're trying to clean like :pac:

wazky · 07-05-2014 01:20PM

Going to bring all the plates and clothes that need to be washed into the shower with me and wash everything in the one go.

Pumpkinseeds · 07-05-2014 01:22PM

The average Irish family seems to have 3 kids, I'm thinking of having 3 kids so I can sell the free extra 114,000 litres of water that I'd get:D Seriously who made up these ridiculous numbers? What average is the average minimum bill based on? Is it based on a single person, 2 people in 1 house, a family of (x) number of people?

How does it make sense that a household gets 30,000 free litres regardless of the number of adults but a family gets an additional 38,000 litres per child per household? There are no statistics to show water usage per household so I'm just curious. Is this the fcukology that passed as 'consultancy fees' on which millions of euro of taxpayer was spent?

How are you planning to save water

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