Water Restrictions and Car washing

[Abnormal]

Water restrictions are there for a reason. Not washing your car is not life threatening.

I maybe washed my car once in the last year. And that was when VW washed it when i told them not to.


http://www.randwater.co.za/CorporateRes ... level.aspx

Dam Levels

Vaal Dam
Percentage: 100%

Sterkfontein Dam
Percentage: 88.7%

Grootdraai Dam
Percentage: 90.9%

Bloemhof Dam
Percentage: 93.8%

[amstel18]

Water restrictions are there for a reason. Not washing your car is not life threatening.

I know that, but flushing the toilet isn't life threatening either, but you do it anyway after taking a pee?

Our household monthly consumption is under 6kl.

[4ePikanini]

I use 0l/month of municipal water

[amstel18]

Please share how you do this then?

[Abnormal]

Pee in the garden

[Howie-WP]

Took my car to the Shell garage up the road. They have a proper foaming cannon and HP washer. They did a good job, R55 and I did the car drying. Well worth the money and I was watching, surprisingly little water. Also looks like they have a water trap / recycling tank. Wookie nice and shiny

[Abnormal]

I use 0l/month of municipal water

Please share how you do this then?

4ePikanini let us know man. How is this possible.

[4ePikanini]

I live on a farm. All the roof area catches water.

If the rain water is depleted we pump from the dam.

Chlorine floater in the tank. 1 micron filter and carbon activated filter.

Only thing we use from government is electricity. We do our own waste systems, rubbish removals and even maintain the surrounding roads without help from government. You guys think toll roads are expensive.....try maintaining your surrounding gravel roads by yourself.

[killerpunk]

Water restrictions are there for a reason. Not washing your car is not life threatening.

I know that, but flushing the toilet isn't life threatening either, but you do it anyway after taking a pee?

Our household monthly consumption is under 6kl.

"If it's yellow, let it mellow... If it's brown, flush it down."
Started using our 1 year old daughters bath water to flush the toilets in the house.

Toilets and washing machines are the biggest culprits with regards to water usage.
Our household consumption for the past month was 5kl even with the 4 monthly car washes.