Use your old bathwater to water plants.
Recycling old bath water allows the homeowners to conserve water usage. Using your bath water to water your plants helps you save money because you are not using extra water to hydrate your plants and lawn. Recycling water benefits the environment because it prevents humans from diverting too much water away from freshwater ecosystems and helps to prevent chemicals from spilling into freshwater ecosystems, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Check the plug of your bathtub to make sure that the drain is plugged and that your bathwater will not leak down the drain.
2. Place a bucket or a watering can in the bathtub and collect the water that runs into it while you wait for your water to heat up. Remove the bucket from the tub and take your bath or shower as you normally would.
3. Allow the bath water to accumulate in the bottom of the tub. Keep the bath water in the tub while you get dressed and transfer the first bucket outside.
4. Place the bath water that you collected into a large rain barrel. Collect all the bath water from your tub in the bucket and transfer it to the large rain barrel.
5. Connect your garden hose to the rain barrel. Use the garden hose to water your plants and grass.
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