Is peeing in the shower a great way to save water?

Question

Saves 3-6 litres of toilet water.

Do you flush the toilet after peeing? Or do you let it mellow to save water?

Answer 1

Yes, yes and no! It helps prevent athletes foot....or so I've heard! lol

Answer 2

I believe that it does save water. I am pro peeing in the shower. However, I don't recommend doing number two in the shower. It is kind of hard to get it down the drain. You kind of have to mush it down with your big toe. This takes a few minutes which wastes water.Then, you also have to wash your toes which wastes more water. In regards to your other question, I do let it mellow, if I know the toilet will be used shortly. If the pee will be sitting for more than a couple of hours(late night pee), I will flush it so it doesn't sit and fowl up the bowl. It makes it necessary to scrub the bowl more often if you let pee sit in the toilet too much.

Answer 3

Definately flush, because the stench from stale urine is not pleasant if left too long. You're better off peeing in your garden though (good source of nitrogen), just remember that urine is likely to lower the pH of your soil so only do it to acid loving plants.

I mean you could do all sort of things when you think about it, you could pee into the sink after doing the dishes and let the dishwater take it away, not recommeded if you use a dishwasher though.

If you wanted to go really green (and possibly literally), the ancient Romans used to wash their clothes in urine and the ancient Spanish cleaned their teeth with it.

Answer 4

One of the many ways for sure.
Here are a few others:
1. Toss out that reverse osmosis water filter and the water softener. Both of them waste a large quantity of water in the flush cycle. Municipal chlorinated water must meet minimum chlorination levels at your tap...this means there is no living bacteria in your water. Chlorine will evaporate from water if left to sit over night, direct sun will speed the process. If you are sure your water is fed to you through lead pipes (old cities east of the Mississippi) and you can't sleep at night unless you have a R/O filter, spend a few bucks and split your water system. It's easy. Catch the waste water from R/O or softener (used 55 gal drum), use a remote pressure tank and pump (home depot) and supply your toilet (and washer) with the reclaimed R/O and softener water. If the demands of the washer and toilets exceed the waste water collected, install a float (swamp cooler) with fresh water supply about mid way on the tank.
Some collect the waste from clothes washer (gray water) and use it for the toilet....although codes and regulation varies. These systems are a bit more complex due to the filtration needs and sediment problems associated with gray water. I prefer to water the trees with the gray water. Depending on the demands of your family, these methods can be swapped around to fit your families needs

2. toss out the 2.5 gal per minute shower head and install a water saver. These are awesome. they use about .5 gal per minute. Now multiply by the average minutes in the shower...huge savings.
3. Hand wash those few dishes...most people pre rinse dishes in the sink...then load a dish washer....and so on. Time yourself and you will find, it's quicker to hand wash and it uses about 1/4 the water. Also, the rinse side of the sink can be split off for gray water use.
4. install gutters on the house and channel the water to your garden or lawn. If you plan on catching the rain water....you will need at least 1000 gal storage for an average storm.
5. Get involved at public meetings. Make sure the community is conserving water the same as you. Lobby against fresh ground water for golf courses and public water features.
6. Don't forget the air conditioners...water collects on the evaporator coil and is usually piped into a drain...this is classified as gray water but is actually pretty free of contaminants. I use A/C water for watering my garden. In AZ, I collect 3-10 gal. per day depending on humidity.

Don't forget to recycle

Answer 5

There seems to be two questions here.

I suppose urinating in shower could save water, but I myself do not do this. I think it's gross.

As for urinating where I'm supposed to, I let it mellow a time or two and then flush.

Answer 6

Lol, yes it does save water no question. Never leave pee in toilet unless I know my husband is coming right behind me to pee.

Answer 7

No. Not showering would save more water. Even a short shower uses WAY more than 6 liters of water. And watering your lawn uses about 1000 liters of water. Or more. So don't shower and pee on the plants in your yard if you are REALLY serious about saving water.

Answer 8

mayb ur flush dusnt hav dis determination yet with mine i could desire to pull down a knob until i wantd d it to flush. dis meant i cud fairly settle on d quantity...yet mayb u cud think of of alternative techniques. like using a mug of water on an identical time as fashing ur face instead of using water immediately from d faucet. and take bathtub much less regularly. and dont grimy ur outfits too lots. meaning u can wash dem much less regularly. one concern my mom says is that washing outfits by using hand saves water because of the fact u kno precisely which outfits could desire to be washed extra fastidiously or particularly which of them choose extra water. on an identical time as washing in a gadget, d gadget has no theory which outfits are extra grimy and which of them are much less grimy...

Answer 9

Peeing in the shower isn't unsanitary, urine is sterile. If you have to urge to pee while you're showering then go ahead, otherwise peeing in the backyard is the best way to go.

Answer 10

lol i pee in the shower i believe i am going to get washed off anyways but the weird thing is my boyfriend dosent pee in the toilet or the shower he pees in the sink, he claims it saves us money... oh well whatever rocks him boat right?

Answer 11

if you are living near sea then you can get a seperate pipe line which bring the sea water to flush your toilet. that way you will save the potable/fresh water.