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Day 2.

So far, so good. In fact, I'm surprised at how little water I've used so far! Yesterday totalled a whopping 10.11 L for the entire day. --That being said, I did eat lunch at a restaurant and dinner at a friend's house, so I guess I 'outsourced' the water used to wash those dishes (though I did avoid bringing home styrofoam, which Ottawa isn't yet recycling).

I also drank a 355mL gingerale that I didn't factor in.

Moving forward, I think I'm going to avoid bottled or canned beverages for the rest of the month, and also avoid eating at restaurants as much as possible.

I'm also contemplating putting a glass juice bottle, filled with water, in the back of the tank of a toilet at work to displace some of the 6L that are used with every flush. That, and maybe put up a sign with some quick facts and why "letting it mellow" isn't such a serious crime. This is something I generally practice at home anyway, and I have other friends that do as well, but I think in general there's a serious "ick" factor that people need to get over. --But that's a blog post for another day.

Tonight, I do dishes. Here's my system, explained.

(Please rate the video when you watch it, this means it will show up in more searches and more people will see it.)

Quick point of clarification: In doing this challenge, I'm not saying everyone should be this extreme; I'm simply trying to show how little water we really need to go about our daily activities, vs. the average Canadian's consumption of 329 L of water a day. The idea is to get people thinking about water as a service instead of a good. What services does water provide us? Do we need really need water for these things? If so, what quality of water? And do we really need as much as we've been using?

This is a challenge for me, but in so doing, I'm hoping to get you to think about how much water you use every day, and where you could cut back.