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BANG FOR THE BITE
If 10,000 Biters fill a 5-gallon pail in the shower while waiting for the water to warm every day for a year, we'll save enough water to flush a low-flow john more than 5 million times.
COCKTAIL FACT
If you compare the world's entire water supply to 1 gallon, freshwater composes 4 ounces (3%), and readily accessible freshwater makes up just two drops.
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What's crunchy as granola and saves a whole lotta water?
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This tip. Frankly, there are some tips that, while good for the planet, feel a little too yurts 'n' Birks for the Bite. But some of you won't stop submitting this one, so here goes with the oldest water-saving trick in the book: Collect water in a bucket while you wait for your shower to warm up.The Benefits
- Being a houseplant hugger. The water you save can go to your plants or other household chores.
- Pocket-change conservation. The average American spends $45 per year on bath and shower water. The money you'll save by adopting this tip is a drop in the bucket (um...), but every little bit helps, right?
Personally Speaking
None of us on the team actually do this. But we promise that every morning when we warm up our shower, we will think about all you Biters who are saving water.Wanna Try?
- In addition to the shower bucket, pour any leftover water (from glasses, teapots, anything) into a watering can to use on houseplants, or in your pet's water bowl.
- Peaceful Valley Recycled Bucket - made from recycled, nontoxic polyethylene, so it won't scratch your tub or rust ($15).
Jul 25,2008
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Here's hoping that today's tip inspires as great a level of discourse about water conservation (and, well, about our Ideal Bite team's lack of action) as it did last time: http://www.idealbite.com/blog/comments/drum_roll_please/.
After rereading all the prior comments, in the spirit of true Biterly love, I did a crazy thing this morning. I actually DID put a bucket in my shower while it warmed up. While it certainly didn't catch all the water, and while my shower heats up pretty freakin' fast, I DID collect a bit of a lukewarmish puddle, which I promptly put in Snack's dish and then used the rest to water my heliotrope. (Snack was very excited at his part in the whole project until he realized that it was just water).
Will I do this every day? Probably not. Half my mornings, I'm running out the door so fast, I'm lucky if I shower at all (I like to chalk this up to being VERY eco, not just very lazy), let alone have the time to "bucket it up" before I jump in. (I really can't bring myself to leave a bucket lying around my bathroom all the time, so I put it away in my utility closet.) Still, for those days when I do have time, I'm absolutely gonna catch some drops.
-Heather...off to give Snack a treat to make up for the fact that it was "just water"...
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