Water resources |
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Set rain barrel higher than 550 gallon tank
Use bulkhead fitting to tap into rain barrel
Use 1-1/4" PVC water line to connect rain barrel to tank
Tank must be on flat concrete pad.
Cover top of rain barrel with hardware cloth to protect animals from falling into tank.
Use screen to keep out insects.
Use gutter to channel water to rain barrel.
Pour bath water into 55 gallon barrel using 5-gallon buckets
Low pressure water timer |
Use safety grab bar on bathtub
Safety grab bar at Amazon
Bathtub safety grab bars jjj | Save water taking shower instead of bath
Bath uses 20+ gallons water
Shower 10+ gallons water
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 | What is water worth?
If you had to carry each gallon from the river up to 2nd floor bathtub, when would you start to conserve?
Average home uses 1/4 to 1/2 acre-foot water per year.
135,000 gallons = 27,000 5-gallon buckets
If each bath cost $30, would you conserve?
What is best strategy for conservation?
Average home with water well pays $12 per year to pump water. |
 | Pour bath water into rain barrel
Use 5 gallon bucket to empty tub and pour into rain barrel
5 gallons of water is heavy.
Pumps lift water into each home.
Pumps used to purify water.
Pumps needed for sewage treatment.
Pumps consume electricity, and drain resevoirs.
Re-use water in garden and for grass and trees
Amazing how much water is available from 1 bath.
Pour in 2 pints hydrogen peroxide occasionally to deodorize |
 | Avoid oversize bathtub
Uses more water.
Requires larger water heater: min 65 gal electric, 50 gal gas
Water temperature has to be hotter to stay hot while filling. |
 | Fix
drips and leaks
When hot side faucet drips, then cold water is entering tank at same
rate water is dripping out of faucet.
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Government drip calculator
Save 1/2 gallon per day:
Save $1-8 per month.
9-ways to save with water heater |
 | No water = No Electricity
Much ot today's electricity is made using steam turbine.
Coal-fired power plants use steam to rotate turbine. Steam comes from boiling water.
Oil and gas fired power plants can also use steam to rotate turbine.
Hydroelectric dams use water to rotate turbine
Solar and wind powered electricity use fewer water resources.
What is 3-phase electricity |
