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Watering plants with water from a "pooless" shower. I filled up the bucket two separate times. The bottom of the pink bucket says it holds 11.1 quarts. Since it was not completely full, I estimate each time it was about 8-9 quarts so a total of 16-18 quarts. We have been in a sort of drought, so everything needed extra water.

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I've never been asked to get naked to do a video before. But in the spirit of badging my bits, I'm game. Here's a video of me taking a pooless shower, and using the approximately 3 gallons of diverted water to flush the #1 tainted toilet water.

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Note: - Use the bucket of water to flush a toilet, or to water something outside - At least three gallons

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Edit: Since I already flushed it, I can't show it was 3 gallons or more. It was a 5 gallon waste basket and it was about 2/3 full of water. I guess I'll just have to take another shower, ha ha.

Jim Garlits wrote:I've never been asked to get naked to do a video before. But in the spirit of badging my bits, I'm game. Here's a video of me taking a pooless shower, and using the approximately 3 gallons of diverted water to flush the #1 tainted toilet water.

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Took another shower after work and used the (verified 2/3 full 5 gallon trash can) water to flush my pee down the drink...

Thanks for holding this ADHD student to the standards!

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Jim Garlits wrote:I've never been asked to get naked to do a video before. But in the spirit of badging my bits, I'm game. Here's a video of me taking a pooless shower, and using the approximately 3 gallons of diverted water to flush the #1 tainted toilet water.

You're welcome.

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I wasn’t quite sure the size of the purple bucket in the shower at the fisher price house, something close to 3 gallons but not quite full. So I did it twice.

First watering hugels and the second flushing the toilet.

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It took me 3 showers to create 3 gallons of bucket-caught greywater. I dumped it onto some growies: a plum tree, strawberries and garlic.

I switched out soap for a Norwex cloth. I report no smelli-ness, despite the temperatures being over 90°! My hair is starting to look grimy, however.

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Whaddya call that fake sh*t some people wash their hair with?

Sham-poo. 0=oD

None of that here, though.

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Hi Paul,

I haven't checked the full capacity, but here's a photo of it with 4 imperial pints/1US gallon in it. Hope that helps.

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It took me 4 showers to create 3 gallons of bucket-caught greywater. I dumped it onto some growies: a plum tree, strawberries and garlic. Lettuce, and green onions the 2nd time.

I switched out soap for a Norwex cloth. I report no smelli-ness, despite the temperatures being over 90°! My hair is starting to look grimy, however.

I added a 2nd bucket, a little guy. I took a few more showers to fill this one, since the 5-gallon bucket pic isn't clearly showing 3 gallons. If it's two, then this yellow bucket makes 3. 😁

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Jojo Cameron wrote:Hi Paul,

I haven't checked the full capacity, but here's a photo of it with 4 imperial pints/1US gallon in it. Hope that helps.

Hi again, Paul,

Turns out my measurements were wrong. The photo does have 4 imperial pints in it, but that's only 2/3 of a US gallon, not a full one. I've just measured a full basin to be sure, and it's 3 US gallons when filled to about 2/5" below the rim. So I was probably 3 pints short or so. Should I do it again?

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- Three gallons of water from your shower that's obviously poo-less
- Giving the water to something outside or to flush a toilet

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It took saving all the shower water of two showers to get over 3 gallons. I used dirty T-shirts to soak up the water that didn’t make it in desired destination and wring it into the bucket.

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