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Here’s my submission. Poo-less water (about 4 gallons) from shower. Feeding a thirsty apple tree and a thirsty avocado tree.
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Almost to 3 gallons
Almost to 3 gallons
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Well above 3 gallons!
Well above 3 gallons!
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Watering Anna’s Apple tree
Watering Anna’s Apple tree
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Watering avocado tree
Watering avocado tree

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I have been trying poo-less showers for about 3 months now. The bucket in the picture holds 15L (roughly 4 gallons). I used to the water to water one of our poplar trees.
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The water collected during showering.
The water collected during showering.
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Watering a tree.
Watering a tree.

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Reuse pooless shower water bb submission
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Water from wheaton labs showers
Water from wheaton labs showers
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Watering nearby growies
Watering nearby growies
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Evidence of poolessness…
Evidence of poolessness…
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After 6 weeks of poolessness, I could rival any 80’s hair band! Just look at that volume!
After 6 weeks of poolessness, I could rival any 80’s hair band! Just look at that volume!

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Reused a little over 3 gallons of shower water to water some mint. It helped that the shower was in a common house and was used regularly at the SKIP event. The water gathered rather quickly.
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For this BB I used water I caught from an outdoor shower. The water is well water and free of soap or shampoo. The bucket holds at least three gallons
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Big pail full of water
Big pail full of water
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all the water went to this young willow.
all the water went to this young willow.
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This took a little effort. After my first reading, I thought a pooless shower meant I could use grey-water-safe soap, like our Castile bar soap. But then, based on at least one of the other people submitting proof, decided it had to be no soap at all. So I dumped my first bucket and started collecting again. I guess I’m a water-hog though because I had more than three gallons after just two showers. I watered a bed of leeks and peppers with it this morning once it was light.
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Orca drank a little before moving on.
Orca drank a little before moving on.
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Feeding the veggies.
Feeding the veggies.
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While at Wheaton Labs for the 2021 PTJ, I collect water from the pooless showers and fed the growies on the hugelbeds.
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Is this bucket ok? It took several showers to get this much, then hubby washed some dirty boots in the water! It's soapless, just has dirt.
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Bucket o water
Bucket o water

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It looks ok to me.  It kind of looks like a standard "5 gallon bucket", might it be?  Having a front view or confirmation about its size when you post would help the certifiers out.

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Took several poo-less showers and filled a standard 5 gallon bucket. Then my husband rinsed some dirty boots in it which is why it looks so dirty. The watering can is 2 gallons so I filled it twice and watered in my newly planted broccoli and cabbage starts.
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Water with dirt from boots but no soap
Water with dirt from boots but no soap
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Pouring water into watering can
Pouring water into watering can
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Watering broccoli
Watering broccoli
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Refilled can
Refilled can
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Watering cabbages
Watering cabbages

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Here we go, my first BB submission!

Left the bucket in the corner of the shower to fill up over a couple of days, all poo-less! Then used that water to flush the loo. I was quite surprised how simply it worked, turns out I've never thought much about the flushing mechanism of a toilet. The learning curve of SKIP has begun already!
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Saving soap and shampoo-free shower water for use on the landscape. If you take short, cold showers it takes awhile to collect 3 gallons.
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3 gallons of water from the shower that's obviously poo-less
3 gallons of water from the shower that's obviously poo-less
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Giving the water to young avocado tree
Giving the water to young avocado tree
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Giving the water to young avocado tree
Giving the water to young avocado tree

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