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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
I have my own well and the septic has a drain field so whatever water gets used goes right back and the only real waste is for electricity for the pump.
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Even with your own well, the well pump is one of the larger electrical uses in the house and 2/3 of the water that the average person is using is heated water, so even with a well you are still using a good chunk of energy.
One of the biggest lessons in water conservation was living off the grid with a hand pump and heating all of our water on the stove top, just because of the easy of letting water flow over something and down the drain allowed for a great deal of waste, being able to take a bath in 5 gallons of water instead of using a 2.5 gpm shower head, not wanting to waste dish water because it would mean filling the kettle and heating it up again.
having water there on demand, under pressure allows for a great deal of waste.