Water-saving Showerhead?

Hi ah gong, I think that there are many ways to save water, we just do not know and I started this discussion to find what others do to save water. So hopefully someone comes with some good ideas. Using a water-saving showerhead certainly provides a better bathing experience, the spray couples as therapeutic massage on out tired body Glad you are using one too.

Like I said, I was using one in the old house. Yet to get one for the new home though. I am thinking of some drastic measures for saving water. And it may require a one time expenditure. I should have had it done when I was doing my renovation. If only I had insisted, then I could at least regulate the water usage at each point in the home. I am sure that will help a lot towards saving some water.

Oh my, I don't know about all three of you, but different cultures are different. Take care.

Hi writersedge, I realise many people shower together. I do that all the time. Now that we have a daughter. All three of us go showering together. That's wonderful tips! Thank you for your response!

my daughter is still young, by the way!

I have a portable dishwasher so I do in warmer months collect the water expelled from the dishwasher in a bucket and water my flowers.

Hi melanie, Thank you for your water saving tips. I also do the same. I never leave water running when brushing teeth, lathering my hair, or soaping. I also wait for full loads when using the washing machine. I think small things add up quickly. You just do not realise it. Thanks for responding!

I'm sure there are many other ways to save water. When you mentioned about scanty rainfall, do you mean that you collect them for use around the house? We live in an apartment and it is difficult to collect rain water. But I remember my grandma always collect rainwater all the time. She use it for washing and other things. Thank you for responding!

We have a well. :) And yes, we do save on rainwater. A lot of rainwater collects on the terrace of our house, and we have given a pipe connection from the terrace to the well. So the rainwater flows directly into the well. Still, we have to careful while using water. Water is soon going to be the most precious thing on earth. :)

wow! A well? That's fantastic, you can keep lots of water in there.

The only way you could collect water was if you had a porch or patio and just left a bucket out in the rain. But I dont' know that you'd get alot unless it was a hard rain. My hubby's great aunt used to collect her water in a rain barrel and even take baths in it because it was better than that "city water"

We don't have a porch or patio, so I can't collect rain water there. I would have done so if we had one. I shall think of other ways to do that. Thanks for your suggestions.

Hellow 3 snugglebunnies, Great tips here. I'm quite shy to also reveal that my hubby, my daughter and I take showers together. So that's 1 shower instead of 3. Saving bath water is what I normally do when I put my daughter in her tub. I would use it to wash and flush the toilet too. We live in an apartment so collecting rain water is not very feasible. If not I could save a tonnes of money since it rains all the time nowadays. It's the rainy season for your info.

Hi Nona, I'm not sure if the bucket uses less water than the shower. I must do an experiment on this. I have been meanign to find out about this for quite some time because there are two groups of people living in this house. One group uses the bucket while another uses the showerhead. I always feel that using the shower will coverign all parts more easily compared to the bucket method, but I may be wrong. Will let you know the result of my experimentation soon.

Here's what I found. I took 7 minutes to fill the bucket with the showerhead. It means that it I spend 7 minutes with the shower, it would amount to the same thing. But if I take less time to shower, it would mean that I'm using less water. I usually take about 5 minutes to shower, so I'm better off with the shower rather than the bucket. It all depends.

Oh! Okay, thanks for the update. It's been a common belief here that filling up the bucket is less wasteful, but you do have a point there.

Hi nishdan, Just in time to get new water-saving showerhead. It is about $12. Check out our Sunday papers. I saw it in the tips to save money or something like that. I find using a pail not a good way. Once we splash, might not even cover teh areas needed. Sometimes, we accidentally splash the bathroom wall instead of over the shoulders. Sigh! But there are some resistent people around the house too who uses this method to bathe. Annoys me

Hi Pat, It's great that your hydro company is dishing out all these freebies. How I wish they would do it here. They only gave out a small plastic inserts to reduce water flow in taps. I like your idea to have a jug by the sink. Recently I did an experiment to find out how much water I use to just wash my hands and I kept a small bucket at the sink, it was very useful and yes, I did direct the water from rinsing into the bucket and use it for soaking the dirty rags and floor mats.

Hi mimico, Pray that you don't get an increase in the tariff, ours rose by 21% and everyone is complaining like crazy. I think it is teh second one. The spray setting helps to make a big splash and as such provides and even distribution of water on a wider surface. I did not realise ours was water-saving until my hubby told me. Mayeb yours is too...

We don't have winter here, just rainy season. Being in a tropical island, we need to wash ourselves at least twice a day or we would smell nastier than a skunk. Thanks for your response!

wowwwww nice the whole year warm.yes if summer we have shower day and night.

Hi icegermany, you are absolutely right. Cultivating good water saving habits is key to reducing water wastage. I always switch off the water when brushing my teeth, when lathering shampoo into my hair, while soaping my body. Recently I did an experiment. I collected water from just washing my hands. I always need them to be clean, esp when I handle my daughter, food, etc, so I wash my hands many times a day. Just half a day, I collected half a small pail of water just from washing my hands. IMagine that amount everyday of the year. How much can we save? I think if everyone works together, we will all be saving more water in the world.

it is interesting to hear you experimented this and i know each day we use much of water in many ways and we dont realise it but it is important to use the water too but we cant help and dont use water instead we can try to use less water and adapt good methods to use water as you have mentioned the methods like brushing teeths, bathing and all will really help and save water and this is the only way left where we can save water. i remember my grand mother telling, in olden days people use to collect the rain water and use it for the house work and there are people even now who are poor and they cant afford using the water supplied and they try to collect water from rain and use it for the house work. really there are so many people who are rich enough and can afford all things and spent a lavish life but there are also poor people who use alternative methods to live their life. better we save water and use it for a longer time or else we all can face shortage of water.

I never skip showers. I do it at least two times a day. If the weather is too hot, I have more. Can't help it. I feel that we need to conserve water, not just to save money but to help the environment as well. Thank you for sharing!