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JH Sep 03 : 09:33
Congratulations to Mayor Still and the Council. They successfully stuck it to the taxpayer again.
HelenAnn Aug 27 : 12:46
From Ani Dadron: My dog Gretchen died peacefully last week while we were up in Maryland. She's buried on my friends farm near the miniature donkey's corral. Thanks to all for your kind words about the good ole big red dog. She was a sweetheart.
Marvin Aug 02 : 18:26
Pool Hours for August 2010 11 am to 8 pm Fulton Co Schools Start August 23,2010 Pool Open (schooldays) 4Pm to 8pm 8Am to 4PM More Hours To Swim Pass Members Swim at Your Own Risk September Weekdays 4Pm to 8 Pm September weekend 4,5,6(Labor Day) 11 Am to 8 Pm September 7,8,9,10 4 Pm to 8 Pm September 11,12 11 Am to 8 Pm
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editor Oct 18 : 17:42
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During the extreme drought situation, we are being asked to re-evaluate water usage and cut back personally in every way possible. What are you doing to help the cause? Do you have some tips to share?
At our home, we have decided to capture water in pitchers or jugs while waiting for sink water to get warm. The captured water can be used for plants, cooking, the dogs, etc.
Instead of running the water until it's warm, in some instances, we're using the microwave to heat up the water.
Also, we're starting to question when hot water is really needed and when cold water will do just as well.
Registered Member #85 Joined: Fri Nov 18 2005, 06:00PM {LOCATION}Posts: 71
I have been using paper plates for a while now (during the weekly horseshoe parties) and during regular meals; seems to slow the fill-up of the dishwasher.
For the past week, I have been putting pots in the shower in order do collect water as I shower; takes 3.5 gallons to flush a toilet from the tank, but only a couple of quarts when poured directly into the bowl.
Until it gets too cold for the dehumidifier to be of use, I plan to use it to remove moisture from my house and use the water it collects to try keeping some of my plants from dying of thirst.
My gutters flow into blackpipe that runs into the dry creek in my backyard; I put a couple of large pails in the creek under that pipe and bought a 46 gallon trashcan today, already filling it half up with that gutter water (for watering plants). I am going to investigate the possibility of accessing the water that drains out my washer and collecting it in a cistern to watering the plants; if that can be done, I'll switch to chemical-free detergent (if I'm not using it already).
I guess if we had to, we could do like the French and only shower once a week, but I don't think we have to go that far ... yet. Scott McKay
Registered Member #85 Joined: Fri Nov 18 2005, 06:00PM {LOCATION}Posts: 71
P.S.
A great energy & water saving decision is going with front load washers & dryers. The washers use 14-17 gallons per wash load as compared to 45-50 gallons the top loaders use.
Forgive my shameless solicitation, but I am back in the appliance department at the Home Depot up the street and we are having a 10% off sale on appliances this Friday thru Sunday.
Again, it may be a shameless solicitiation, but with our water problem, the water savings could really truly make a difference. Scott McKay
Registered Member #85 Joined: Fri Nov 18 2005, 06:00PM {LOCATION}Posts: 71
Editor,
Thanks for sharing your capturing your water while the hot water warms up; the suggestion has got me to capture more that I had, had I only started collecting when I turned the diverter from tub spout to shower head.
Today I purchased an additional two 32 gallon heavy duty trash cans and was able to collect enough rainwater to fill both. Between those three makeshift rainbarrels, my plants should be able survive between rainstorms.
If only I could get one of those old timey rainbarrels (whiskeybarrel type), I would tap the downspout into it and have my cabin stylin' oldtimey style.
If paper and energy conservancy is green, what is water converserancy? Blue? Scott McKay
Scott: in the mountains they bury fiberglass septic tanks to store water. It just takes a few hours to bury a garbage can underground at your gutters. You can buy a pump at Home Depot or W.W. Granger in Roswell. You should get the Granger catalog to learn about pumps. There are all types of pumps like for whirl pools, sump pumps for basements etc. There are infinite things that you can do with the parts for a comode fill valve. You can pump in either direction, by pumping to a container uphill and fill it then use gravity to use it or go the other way and use gravity to fill the container downhill and pump from the container that is downhill when you want to use it.
A number of homes have small condensation pumps in their basements to pump AC condensed water out. Another idea (when the weather is warm and you are running your AC) is to collect this water into a bucket. I ran the plastic hose from my basement, reduced it down to a ¼ inch size and directly to my plants on the deck where they got watered automatically when the pump came on. Jim Still
Registered Member #85 Joined: Fri Nov 18 2005, 06:00PM {LOCATION}Posts: 71
Varmint,
Thanks for the suggestion about the installation of below ground storage , but knowing that our city's building code is pretty strict about ground disturbance so close to house foundations that I wouldn't want to chance drawing the wrath of code enforcement.
Besides, in light of the present water predicament, it ain't a bad thing have evidence of water collection (the trash cans) to support the reason my plants are still alive when others may not be. With the rain of the past two days, not only are my plants fully saturated, but I was able to collect enough rainwater for three trashcans (98gals).
This process has given me civic/environmental pride; not too different from wearing an "I voted" badge on election day. Scott McKay
Registered Member #85 Joined: Fri Nov 18 2005, 06:00PM {LOCATION}Posts: 71
Dead,
You may be right and any of my efforts may be all for naught in the whole scheme of things, but at least my plants will have an opportunity to be around for another go round (if a hard freeze doesn't get them first); and my neighbors will know it is not because of midnight watering, but because I harnessed nature.
mntpkdead writes: It does not matter how much water you save if the Corp. is flushing it down to AL. & FL.
it does matter. don't like the corp sending our water down stream. but they have a certain amount they're sending. if we abuse what we have left we'll be without quick. wouldn't want to be on a lifeboat with you. darling, you'd have the food eaten the first day. we can get through this drought. think team work. and conserving.
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