Comments on: 13-Gallon Challenge – Day Two http://waterfortheages.org/2009/01/03/13-gallon-challenge-%e2%80%93-day-two/ Embracing, Investigating, Educating, and Advocating Global Water Issues Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:54:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: waterfortheages http://waterfortheages.org/2009/01/03/13-gallon-challenge-%e2%80%93-day-two/#comment-1210 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:51:23 +0000 http://waterfortheages.wordpress.com/?p=717#comment-1210 Rebecca.

Thanks for your comment. You’re right. One thing I’ve noticed during my 13-Gallon Challenge is that I am unable to take a shower without using up my full day’s allocation of water or do any laundry, period (one load of laundry = 41 gallons). Even if I washed my laundry by hand, it would still require copious amounts of water. However, I also have a job in a professional workplace and attend school. Luckily, I had some clean clothes when I started this one-week challenge. Now, I am running out of clean clothes. Usually, to clean my body I use a washcloth or take a short shower (and, use most of my allocation for the day). These are decisions that I have to make. If you are interested in taking a similar challenge, just try it for a day. Even in one day, you might begin to notice some habits about your water usage and begin to understand how people in other places in the world might feel.

]]> By: waterfortheages http://waterfortheages.org/2009/01/03/13-gallon-challenge-%e2%80%93-day-two/#comment-1208 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:35:59 +0000 http://waterfortheages.wordpress.com/?p=717#comment-1208 Hi Pete.

Yes, in some situations 13 gallons would be more than enough water for drinking and, possible, basic sanitation. But, forget the multitude of clean clothes and baths/showers. This week, I have been dirtier than usual, for sure. And, the washcloth has become my friend.

- Abby

]]> By: Rebecca Davis Winters http://waterfortheages.org/2009/01/03/13-gallon-challenge-%e2%80%93-day-two/#comment-1207 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:27:42 +0000 http://waterfortheages.wordpress.com/?p=717#comment-1207 This seems like a great idea, but what about those of us who must hold down jobs? In order to keep those jobs and feed our families, we have to have these things called clean clothes.

]]> By: Molly http://waterfortheages.org/2009/01/03/13-gallon-challenge-%e2%80%93-day-two/#comment-1206 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:43:29 +0000 http://waterfortheages.wordpress.com/?p=717#comment-1206 You are right that so much of water use in developed countries is unconscious. I imagine if we had to go to a central place to get water in buckets we would be much more aware of how much we use. Thanks for doing this, and especially for the links to water audits.

]]> By: Black River Pete http://waterfortheages.org/2009/01/03/13-gallon-challenge-%e2%80%93-day-two/#comment-1204 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:27:08 +0000 http://waterfortheages.wordpress.com/?p=717#comment-1204 A good way to look at this is from the standpoint of a sea voyage on a small sailboat or a long trek across the desert. Thirteen gallons per day would be unbelievably extravagent (of course, on the ocean, you can use sea water for some things). I think the daily shower should be relegated to the past. Up until the 1950′s, a twice-a-week bath was considered standard, at least around where I was. Other times, what my mother used to call a “spit bath,” using a washcloth in the sink or a bucket, is adequate. Of course, “yellow is mellow.”

Black River Pete

]]> By: Robert http://waterfortheages.org/2009/01/03/13-gallon-challenge-%e2%80%93-day-two/#comment-1203 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:53:31 +0000 http://waterfortheages.wordpress.com/?p=717#comment-1203 What a great idea. I am not sure if I could do this. Good Luck!

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