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Success!
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:53 pm
by Wombat
We have just gotten our latest water bill and our consumption is down from 75 litres per person per day to 60 litres per person per day. The savings in money terms are bugger all, but I am proud of our accomplishment never the less.
Nev
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:56 pm
by Annpan
wow
Thats great, what was the single big change that you did to make that big a difference?
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:10 pm
by Shirley
well done Nev & Co.
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 1:13 pm
by Wombat
Thanks Guys!
I think the front loader and the new water tank (or more correctly making use of the water from it) are the big ticket items.....
Nev
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:04 am
by ina
Drinking more beer rather than tea?
Sorry, sorry. And as you'd most likely be making your own beer, it wouldn't be a saving on water at all.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:16 am
by madanna
Wow thats so cool well done Nev
Green with envy cos at present am stuck where I cant do anythin like that as DH is totally not impressed with us Greenies (the only successful thing i have done is the veggie patch lol)
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:31 am
by ina
Madanna, it takes ages to convert people. Always think, it took them however old they are to become as they are now - so it might take just as long to convert them! Sometimes something happens, and they have an eye-opening moment; but that doesn't happen to everybody...
I wish we had a water meter. I'm used to saving water from a very early age, simply because my mum was one of those people who went through two wars and learnt to save everything possible. And also, our water always was metered, so we saw the success and financial savings. But here? Nobody seems to care. And especially as we have our own water supply and plenty of it, folk would think I'm "Mad Ina" if I told them about all my water saving measures...
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 12:29 pm
by Nikki
Nev, that's totally cool.
Amazing what a water tank can do. No idea what a front loader is though.
Keep it up.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 1:04 pm
by Wombat
Nikki wrote:Nev, that's totally cool.
Amazing what a water tank can do. No idea what a front loader is though.
Keep it up.
Sorry Nikki,
Washing machine.......
We used to have an environmental vandal top loader!
Nev
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:15 am
by Millymollymandy
My meter has just been read and we are up by about 30m3 on the previous year (about €120).
I can only think it must be the seep hoses on at night time for specific fruit trees and vegetables, but I thought they didn't use too much water. It would be cheaper buying onions and plums from the shops. Hmmm.
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:58 am
by Wombat
Millymollymandy wrote:My meter has just been read and we are up by about 30m3 on the previous year (about €120).
I can only think it must be the seep hoses on at night time for specific fruit trees and vegetables, but I thought they didn't use too much water. It would be cheaper buying onions and plums from the shops. Hmmm.
Bugger
not so satisfying though!
Nev