Why are we told to take less baths in order to save water?

Question

Why is it that in places with water shortages, people are told not to take baths and to take showers instead, to try not flushing the toilet when it's not necessary, etc.

When you take a bath or flush the toilet the water is drained away to the sewer where is goes to a sewage plant and the water is cleaned and put back into the water system. So if no water leaves the system, why do we need to take less baths? Surely there is no water being used up except for a tiny amount that evaporates from your bath.

Answer 1

It is better having baths but better not use showers without ceramic filters in it. It would be even better if the bath tubs are not used.

Answer 2

The water that goes down your bathtub drain or is flushed down your toilet is sent to a waste water treatment facility. Where water is purified and sent back into the water source --- however not 100% of the water makes it back into the system. A fraction of the water is lost in the cleaning process and the more water you use the more you lose.

Answer 3

well where do u think that water comes from? from your local reservoir! and that water is not just sittiing there for ppl use! it is a pond, lake, creek, stream, or river, home for thousands of aquatic organisms. when you use that water it takes a looooooooooonnnnng time to put it back in that reservoir, too long for the rate of human consumption! so when u take it out you are putting enough in and it drains the lake....putting the aquatic faena and faunae in danger. it is not just closed system, it is an open one and if we are not careful we could hurt that water supply and damage it's stability and purity.

Answer 4

They don't know that you can save water by recycling it.

Answer 5

they want to take us back to the victorian age when nobody had them at all for months.