I'm in hot water now. I don't have hot water!

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[–]useless_aether 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

for two years i had to haul potable water from a public well down the street. it is amazing how little water is actually needed to do the dishes.

[–]yetanotherone_sigh[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep! If you eat right out of the pan, you don't even need to wash a plate.

Seriously, though... if you take a look at how a normal house uses water, we aren't doing hardly any of that here.

We don't run laundry.

We don't have a dishwasher.

The toilet is a waterless composting system. It doesn't flush.

We take showers, wash hands, and do dishes. The people and the dogs drink water. That's it.

And we will water the garden eventually. But that will mostly be gray water.