Get the App

Recipes

Find a Recipe Blue Ribbon Recipes Pinch It!™ Feed Browse All Recipes

Editorial

Food Bites & Articles Videos What is a Blue Ribbon? Meet the Test Kitchen

Community

Member Recipes Groups Sweepstakes Contests Shopping

water saving tip

(2 ratings)
GRANNYJOANIE avatar
Recipe by
Joanie Smith
@GRANNYJOANIE
Phoenix, OR

When I became a home owner I had to pay for water monthly so I started watching how much the bill was .I could not understand why we used so much with just the 2 of us.We checked for leaks and drips but there was none.So I started this process and I now save between 2 and 10 gallons a day.

(2 ratings)
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For water saving tip

  • 6 1 gallon bottle
    clean milk jugs or i use sunny d jugs

How To Make water saving tip

  • 1
    When you need Hot water to do dishes or take a shower etc.There is usually about 2 gallons of cold water in the pipes before it will become hot enough to use.
  • 2
    Just fill up the jugs until the temp you need is there.
  • 3
    I use this saved water for soups,noodles,coffee,tea,watering plants,Flushing toilets or whatever I want.I do not ask guests to do this.
  • 4
    I save between 2 and 12 gallons a day of water and I know where it is going.
  • Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
ADVERTISEMENT