There are ways to save water in times of drought. One of the most common recycling methods is the use of grey water.

What is grey water?
Grey water is any water that goes down the drain, except for toilet water. Excess shower water, sink water, laundry water, and dish water can all be saved and reused.

How is grey water reused?
Grey water is mostly reused in landscaping and for flushing toilets.

Why is saving water important?
It is feared that our planet is running out of water. As a whole humankind is becoming less and less sustainable on a daily basis. If we plan on leaving a greener planet to our grandchildren we must take steps now to insure sustainability.

Many grey water systems are currently available on the market. With no end in site to the drought here in Australia, its important to start taking steps to conserve our most precious of natural resources: H2O.

Tankless hot water heaters can save you a lot of water in areas of the home where you need instant hot water. Most tankless water heaters work on the premise of heating water with an electric element in a unit that's placed, close to the tap outlet. This way you're not waiting for the water to heat up.

So, for example, if you your kitchen tap is a long way from your conventional hot water system and you're wasting water waiting for the temperature to heat up, a tankless water heater would save you flushing this perfectly good water down the drain.

Ask your plumber about tankless water heaters for prices and availability.

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I took the leap and purchased a water saving front loading washing machine some month ago and have been enjoying the savings in both water and dollars ever since. After the old top loader crapped itself, I decided to go for a more environmentally and (apparently) cloth friendly machine.

Although I laid out more coin to begin with, it's proved to be much more water efficient; it washes more clothes on much less water.

So how much water does a front end loader save you? Taken from the Water Efficient Labelling and Standards (WEFLS) website, here are some simple figures:
A 6.5 KG, 4 star water rated, front loading machine will use 62 Litres per wash, compared to
a 6.5 KG, 3 star rated, top loading machine will use 92 Litres of water per wash.

In our household we'd average about 3 washes per week, so we're saving 60L of water per week, or 3120 Litres per year. Combine this with the fact that a front end loader can use 60% less energy per wash and it's a no brainer.

If you're after a front end loader at a reasonable price here's a couple of 4 star rated ones:

6 kg Fisher & Paykel WH60F60W1 (AppliancesOnline.com.au)

6.5 Kg Bosch WAE20260AUW (AppliacesOnline.com.au)

7.5kg Samsung J1455AV (AppliancesOnline.com.au)

If you know of any other highly efficient machine, let me know, I'll list them here.