Using grey water
South Africa is experiencing a very dry period, and some areas are worse than in other parts. Here in Port Elizabeth, we are down to 40 to 50 Litres of water per person per day. I'm just thankful my washing machine is a top-loader, which makes it easier for me to control it. I have a small courtyard with some plants, and unfortunately, I already lost some of my plants due to the drought. The only way how I could use grey water was to work my washing machine "manually". Because I am on my own and working from home, I do not have a lot of dirty clothes (I do washing once a week and occasionally twice a week). I once took the time to measure how much water my washing machine use at its lowest setting. It came to about 25 Litres per cycle, meaning 25 Litres for washing and 25 Litres to rinse = 50 Litres in total. There was a time that I took notes on how much water I use per day and I knew that on average I only use 20 to 30 Litres of water per day. This incl