Conserving Water

[Kenny]

Most people especially young kids don't understand on a bus there is a limited amount of fresh water and would seam to run the water as long as they would at home. How does everyone go about conserving water from their fresh water tank? Just set pressure and flow very low? Spring return faucet handles? Delayed off faucet handles? Or just remind everyone to take it easy on the water.
Kenny

[NewbeeMC9]

make them load it, or at least stand right there while it happens , then let them run out

[fe2_o3]

    We have an accumulator and mama controls the water pump. With the pump shut off, the water is limited. Soon the grandkids get creative with water...Cable

[DebDav]

Shower with a friend.  And with the confines of most shower stalls, a very good friend!

[PCC]

Shower with a friend.  And with the confines of most shower stalls, a very good friend!

Do I get to choose?

[robertglines1]

put a timed switch in pump elect circuit that resets after a minute..extreme! I think education is the answer and by your example---they are watching

[Jerry W Campbell]

I'm going to install a foot switch of some sort so I can turn off the water while I'm washing my hands or whatever without having to touch the faucet.
Jerry

[belfert]

Why not an automatic faucet like public restrooms?  I suppose that wouldn't work so well for sink use other than hand washing.  They do make faucets with foot pedals.  A google search should find a bunch.

[TomC]

One of the big water users is washing dishes.  Since I'm against using throw away paper plates, I'm going to install a 18" dish washer in my truck.  It holds 8 place settings (just so happens what I carry) and takes 2-3 gallons to do the whole wash cycle.  Good Luck, TomC

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Either do as Cable says, or give them each a 1 gallon jug  1/2 or 3/4 or more full depending on how many people are involved and how big your tank is, and tell them that is how much they can use that day. Once they are out of water, that is it.

[JohnEd]

Either do as Cable says, or give them each a 1 gallon jug  1/2 or 3/4 or more full depending on how many people are involved and how big your tank is, and tell them that is how much they can use that day. Once they are out of water, that is it.

I prefer the public whipping and the stocks    Just kidding.  I know it is hard to get teenagers and most others to cooperate, especially when they have never experienced "scarcity".

Good luck,

John

[Jeremy]

A variant of this question has been a concern of mine for a while; I'm aware that I will have quite long pipe-runs from the hot water tank to the taps, and more particularly to the shower. I reckon I'm going to be running a lot of clean water to waste whilst waiting for the hot water to arrive.

It's occurred to me that I could devise a system where that water was somehow returned to the fresh water tank rather than going down the plug to the grey tank, but I'm not sure if this is a good idea - there's always the chance that providing a means of returning water to the fresh tank might introduce contamination into the tanks

Jeremy

[TomC]

I know Sean has electric solenoids on his hot water to be able to run the water with it returning to the tank.  I'm going to do the same for the shower, but just use a standard hand valve to keep it simple.  Good Luck, TomC

[Depewtee]

Turn the thermostat on the hot water heater down and the showers will not last long.  My kids are in and out in on time! 

[JohnEd]

Plumb in a push button valve so the tap HW can be returned to the fresh tank.  Saves a lot of water.  There is nothing in the tap water that hasn't already come from the fresh tank so that is of no concern.

In the winter you can use the HW heater to heat the fresh tank.  Insulate the wet bay and the fresh tank will keep the the other two warm.  Especially if the tanks are stacked or otherwise touching.  Needs to be an alternative heat source to cover the bay if the fresh is run dry.