What are some cultural-specific ways to conserve water?

Question

What are some cultural-specific ways to conserve water? Could you talk about your own family's practices regarding water conservation? If you are an international student, you can reflect back on your country's norms about water conservation.

Looking for specific/different cultures-Is it important to some cultures more than others? Pustuns, Arabs, Persians, Asians- Desi, Orientals, Africans? Native Americans?

Thanks in advance. I have a presentation to do for my school final.

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

I lol'd at "orientals".

Answer 2

Culture and ethnicity have nothing to do with conservation.

Anyone, pink, green or purple, can save water. Shut it off while brushing teeth or washing up at the sink. Shut if off while doing dishes. Do NOT water lawns. This is the biggest waste. Grass goes dormant during droughts, it will come back when rain eventually falls. It is vanity to have a perfect green lawn, and a horrible waste of water for something decorative when the nation's water supplies are dwindling away. Take short showers, get in get washed, wash the hair, get out. Simple, keep it to 10 to 12 minutes.

Water left over in bottles, can be used to water plants and flowers inside and out, or shared with a pet. Do not dump water down the sink. If you take a glass of water finish it or take half next time, you can always get more if you need it.

That's it...pretty simple.

Answer 3

1. turn the tap off when brushing yr teeth

2. shower not bath

3. if its yellow let it mellow if its brown flush it down

4. use bath/dish water to water yr plants

5. cut a pop bottle in half and put it in yr cistern tank

:)

Answer 4

The most common water conservation/collection system throughout history is a cistern.  It can be a huge underground system like those used by the Romans in many cities, or a simple 30 gallon garbage can to collect water from a downspout.

I use my downspouts to fill a 2000 gallon pond.

Answer 5

In the US, it's customary to shower daily, sometimes more than once a day.  So, water conservation here starts with taking fewer showers and making the ones you do take as short as possible.

Answer 6

Enter Captain Obvious - cultures from geographic regions where there is less water (Arab, Persian, northern Africa, deserts) will regard conservation more highly.  Not so obvious - religions founded in these areas typically have water in their rituals (like baptism).

Answer 7

Think about this. Do you have a prestine St. Augestine yard? Each square foot of that grass requires about two to five THOUSAND gallons of water a year to maintain. To me that is completely crazy that someone would waste that much water just to have a specific grass. If America would start outlawing this type of grass and provide tax rebates for xero-scaping our aquifers would through us a party.