[GPSCC-chat] Water-saving technology

[Rob Means]

After reading "Liquid Gold" by Carol Steinfeld, I urinate into a bucket
of water in my back yard. At least once each day, I pour the
nutrient-rich water on vegetation.
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Rob Means, Electro Ride Bikes and Scooters
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On Mon, 2014-10-13 at 12:00 -0700, sosfbay-discuss-request at cagreens.org
wrote:

> I've been through various experiments in saving toilet water, and
> after many
> sub-optimal experiences I have arrived at a sustainable protocol that
> I believe 
> saves me 80--100 gallons a week,
> 
> I piss in a bottle.  I use a wide-mouth Tide detergent bottle from
> which I have 
> removed the plastic center spout.  Smaller-mouth bottles tend to
> inoculate mens'
> privates with ammoniacal bacteria, and that's not a good thing.  
> 
> When the bottle is full I can pour it down the shower drain if I'm
> about to have
> a shower, else I'll pour it in the toilet and flush it away.
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