Water

[ailbhe]

I put a bucket in the sink while I washed my hands. I used wet soap to wash them, only turning on the tap to wet and rinse my hands, leaving it off while I lathered, scrubbed etc. I still used about a litre. Later, washing basically clean hands after using the loo (no scrubbing mud off), I used over half a litre. My bathroom sink is shaped such that filling it enough to wash my hands without a running tape for the rinse would use MORE water than that.

But so far saving water in a bucket in the garden is easier than I'd feared it might be. By the time restricted water use comes in we might well be about ready.