This week I received my water bill for the entire duration of time that we’ve been in our house (since mid-February), and it came to a whopping £147.02 !! I’m sure I have my birthday paddling pool party to thank for most of that... It was with a grim, resigned sort of face that I went to the bank to pay my bill earlier this week, and there and then I made a resolution that... THINGS HAD TO CHANGE ! I’ve come up with a few water saving solutions to share with my lovely blog readers, so I’ll see if it has any impact on our bill next time :
Using a kitchen timer for shower time. Since moving to the new house (which came with an abandoned cooker, incorporating a timer), my wind up kitchen timer has been a bit redundant. I’ve recently put it to good use in the bathroom allowing 3 minutes per shower (my daughter loves this and the novelty hasn’t worn off yet ! Yucky warning... read on if you dare ! I took the top off the cistern and carefully lowered in a full glass bottle of water, which (as it takes up volume in the cistern) happily saves 1.5 litres per flush. Recycling bath water 1. If my daughter chooses to have a bath, I often hop in afterwards so that the water gets used twice. Recycling bath water 2. I always take the watering can up to the bathroom after bath time and use the old bath water to water my containerised plants and our minuscule lawn. New rinsing technique... Rather than putting the dishes under a running tap, I fill up a plastic bowl next to the sink for rinsing.Let’s see if any of it makes a difference !
Rain gauge action :
I now have the completed rain gauge data for June... You may be interested that the longest run of dry days, June 1st – 5th was followed by the wettest day. This was June 6th on which we had 29.5mm ! The three wettest days were June 29th (20.5mm), June 18th (12mm) and June 6th 29.5mm). Our monthly rainfall total was 99.65mm !
J’s record of the week :
Everybody loves the
sunshine
sunshine
by
Roy Ayers
I thought this song would be appropriate for a month in which we’ve had a total of eleven dry days ! This record was released in 1976 on an album of the same name. I saw Roy Ayers in concert on New Year’s Eve 2009, at the Jazz Cafe in Camden. He performed this song beautifully, the only problem was that when we came out of the concert, thick and fluffy snowflakes were falling ! The snow earlier this year seems a distant memory now... Let’s hope there are many more sunny days to come. Jerushah X
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