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Just a half inch of rain falling on a 1,000-square-foot roof will yield 300 gallons of water
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: TNMockingbird
Excellent suggestion, I've procrastinated about that for far too long, cheap enough and 5 minutes work, just never got round to it.
originally posted by: nonspecific
You can also look at storing your grey water(ie from the bath/shower) to be reused for flushing the toilet in an emergency.
originally posted by: grainofsand
originally posted by: nonspecific
You can also look at storing your grey water(ie from the bath/shower) to be reused for flushing the toilet in an emergency.
That's what I did with the bowls and removed U bends under the bath and kitchen sink.
Not sure about an installed system exclusively for that though, think the bowls under the sink option is quick to set up in a water outage.
originally posted by: grainofsand
A couple of litres a day were used just drinking, as water, or in tea and coffee, but washing and the toilet proved to be heavy users of the wet stuff.
originally posted by: Ghost147
We're planning on building our next home and we're going with a composting toilet for it.
originally posted by: grainofsand
originally posted by: Ghost147
We're planning on building our next home and we're going with a composting toilet for it.
Ah, I wish you success with that project
It's not practical with the small land footprint my home covers, but I am in negotiation at the moment over some land with a stream, and only half hour walk from my house.
I have so many ideas if it comes off, and will probably spend very little time in my house after that, may even rent it cheap to my young adult son and just call in for the odd shower or two lol.