What about Water?

Our February focus is water conservation. It is challenging because you only get a water bill twice a year...not enough feedback to help you make changes.

Here is what we have done:
1. In December ( when we could still buy new) we bought a low flow shower head. We had been putting this off..and now we can't figure out why..because we love it. This is conservation at it's best...we have cut down on our water use and we like it!
2. We realized that both of our toilets were leaking. Because of the buy nothing new challenge...Mark tried to fix them without a trip to the hardware store. He was successful on the upstairs toilet..still working on the down stairs ( this one may mean a purchase)
3. Still to do...this week we will try catching our extra shower water...
When you turn on the shower it takes a little while to get the temperature you want...all this water goes down the drain. This week we will try catching that water in a bucket and using it to flush the toilet (I know Dave Spitzer...a former Lincoln teacher...routinely catches and uses this water)

We have put off trying this because enthusiasm on the part of my family is at an all time low...but we have agreed to try it for one week...I'll let you know.