How can water be recycled to minimize our water consumption?
1 Answer
Jul 11, 2018
In several ways....
Explanation:
There are commercial systems available (for instance in western NSW or parts of Africa) where grey water, i.e. the run off from a bath or shower, is shunted to the garden, where the slight soap content is immaterial to the growth of plants. Many of us still (especially in the UK where they don't have showers...!) have a wash from a bucket of a morning, and they pour the used, soapy water over the garden during the summer months....
And of course there are even more direct means....including limiting a shower to 3 minutes rather than 20....
