You're meant to drink 2-3 litres a day to say reasonably hydrated (some of that comes from food etc. Doubt there's a lot of Dasani or Aquafina available in their neighborhoods, and you can't just call the Culligan Man. Just over 3 gallons a person a day doesn't seem like much, particularly if they are drinking the bulk of it. How big is your water heater? Ever run it dry?Д®ver tally up how many flushes of the toilet a family of 6 goes through in a day? Warthog: belome: So, 2 adults and 4 children 70 liters (18.5 gallons) of water per day to survive? That seems like a lot. So if you want a bath your gallon of bathing water might cover the bottom of the tub. Small bathtubs reach 2/3rds full(where the overflow preventer starts to send additional water down he drain) at about 150 litres / 40 gallons. So if you choose to shower with one of your three gallons of water you've got about 45 seconds before you run out. So if you only use the toilet once a day and manage to bathe with only one gallon, you have one gallon left to drink or cook with.ДЇollowup, the most eco-friendly shower heads flow 1.5 gallons per minute. Shiat, I'd be surprised if my house uses 19 gallons per day before showers.ДЎ8.5 gallons / 6 people = 3.0833 gallons per personД®very time someone flushes the toilet, that's a gallon. Given the dire situation, I'd think you could skip bathing or just reuse the water somewhat. Even drinking a gallon of water a day and cooking communally with a gallon, that's only about 7 or 8 gallons. And no one can tell you that you can't use it to water, wash your car, etc.ДЄrkkuss: StubhyGraham: Warthog: If I lived west of Texas and south of Central Oregon I'd be taking notes on the guy in the article who set up a home water catchment system.ДЄrkkuss: khatores: belome: So, 2 adults and 4 children 70 liters (18.5 gallons) of water per day to survive? That seems like a lot. My mother has 2 of them on her house and they produce more water than she needs for her gardening. If you're paying for water you'll save money. The diverters for your down spouts are < $50 and a 50 gallon barrel is about $100. But I'm hearing about more and more people setting up rain barrels to catch rainwater for watering their lawns and plants. I live in Massachusetts and even though we have water restrictions from time to time it's not a huge problem here. Basically mesh tents coated with hydrophobic material that catches beads of water and directs them into a basin where it cane be irrigated, filtered, etc. I actually looked into this tech a couple of years ago and it seems really promising, especially some of these really rural places in Africa, Afghanistan, and Alabama. StubhyGraham: Warthog: If I lived west of Texas and south of Central Oregon I'd be taking notes on the guy in the article who set up a home water catchment system.

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