Peeing In The Sink To Save Water?

[5StringBlues]

I pee in the shower when I can. Not telling the wife...she would freak out

Urine trouble if she starts checking out TB you know.

 

[slobake]

Urine trouble if she starts checking out TB you know.

She's going to be really pissed

 

[Stewie26]

I got to give it to Sky Chief. He has been coming up with some fresh subjects for TBOT threads lately.
I once got caught in the act while peeing in the shower by my wife many years ago. It was treated as a major misdemeanor. Peeing in the sinks would be definitely a felony so I am not going there. Just sayin.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Maybe if they stopped growing tomatoes, corn and planting orchards in what essentially is a desert, there would be less water supply issues.

 

[Mvilmany]

I do not have a drought problem in my area (I'm on the east coast). This thread is making me think about this problem, and that I should appreciate this water that I take for granted.

 

[sissy kathy]

It all goes down the same drain.

 

[Alkali Ike]

Slightly relevant...

A few years ago a major retail mall here converted all the men's room urinals to "waterless". No need to flush, much water saved, the nasty yellow fluid just goes away by magic!

Now evidently whoever invented these things didn't consider that 1) Urine is full of nasty solids, and 2) How are the waterless urinals supposed to be cleaned if they have no water source? Keeping in mind hundreds of uses per day.

After a few months of nastiness they were converted back to conventional flushing urinals.

 

[skychief]

I'm glad we're on a well here, we also use rain barrels for gardening.

Ive heard that in some parts of the country, you need a permit to capture the rain that falls on your property! Ill do some research to substantiate this crazy claim.

 

[skychief]

Slightly relevant...

A few years ago a major retail mall here converted all the men's room urinals to "waterless". No need to flush, much water saved, the nasty yellow fluid just goes away by magic!

Now evidently whoever invented these things didn't consider that 1) Urine is full of nasty solids, and 2) How are the waterless urinals supposed to be cleaned if they have no water source? Keeping in mind hundreds of uses per day.

After a few months of nastiness they were converted back to conventional flushing urinals.

I recall many years ago there was a local pub that had one really long porcelain pee trough instead of urinals. And the trough was filled with crushed ice! Freakin' genius. There would be 6 or 7 guys standing elbow-to-elbow at the thing and no urine smell whatsoever (because of the ice). No flush needed because of the ice. And no need for the little pink deodorant pucks. You'd think the ice would melt being soaked with warm pee; and it did melt some. But the ice that was dumped in at 8PM id say close to half was left when the bar closed at 1AM.

The downside, of course, was all the energy required to make the ice.

 

[tastybasslines]

I've taken to crapping in the porch planters instead of the toilet in the name of saving water also.

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[Sav'nBass]

Mrs Sky Chief is right.. that is nasty.

Eeww. I think that a good deal of water would be used to clean the sink.
Yeah, I'd just go in the toilet and let it stew until the next crap comes along.
Your neighbor washing his SUV may be in for a rude awakening since hefty tickets for that might be in the near future. Could end up being a very expensive car wash.

Yup... but the sink... eeewww

 

[line6man]

Geez, I'd sooner pee in a jar and dump it outside than in the sink. That's gross.

 

[Manichga]

That is gross! We were in severe drought for years ( melbourne, Australia) so we had water restrictions. No washing cars, or paths etc, could only water the gardens at certain times/days of the week etc. We were in LA in May. We couldn't believe how much water wasting we saw. Sprinklers on non stop during the heat of the day, people washing down footpaths/ cars etc. We assumed there were no restrictions. What's up with that?

 

[Mosfed]

I do it when I can. Drives Ms skychief up the wall! But the drought in California is reaching record levels and we need to to do something. By using the sink, the "flush" is 4 or 5 cups of water vs. the 1.7 GALLONS of a toilet flush.

You are one nasty dude. That has to be the grossest idea I have ever heard.

 

[nshuman]

There are like a billion ways to save water. I would make sure I had exhausted every single last one of them before peeing in the sink, every single last one of them.

 

[Phalex]

Meanwhile In Michigan......... We didn't break 90 degrees once all summer long. The first time that's happened since the 1950's.

Lakes Michigan and Huron (they're connected at the straights of Mackinac) are something like 2" above normal.

Weather has been a little weird the last few years.

I hope you guys get tons of rain, and I hope I don't freeze my butt off like I did last winter.

 

[samson3382]

I'm in idaho, lots of space. I prefer going outside. But, one thing to consider. After years of going in the same place, eventually, the dirt there will start to permanently smell, and nothing will grow. Years ago I lived in a one room cabin, no running water. The patch of grass next to my porch died, and nothing, not even weeds returned. Nowadays I use a a gravel area right outside my side door. No need for weed pulling or roundup!

 

[blastoff99]

Peeing in the sink makes the room stink. Or at least that's how it is in this house. Mr blastoff pees in the utility sink all the time (not sure how he manages this; he's not a very tall guy) and he doesn't know that I know that he does it. Since he doesn't RINSE the sink when he's through, it's pretty obvious. I have put up with this for quite awhile only because I can't think of a devastating comeback - merely telling him not to do it will lead to him denying that he does it. I need some sort of nuclear option here.

Maybe TBOT can help with that?

Peeing in the shower is ok. Totally ok if you pee at the *beginning* of the shower; any pee is long gone by the time you get out.

 

[mellowinman]

Why not just pee in the back yard and same the 4 or 5 cups?
Or get a stillsuit

This is the correct answer. Don't pee in the sink.

 

[skychief]

Peeing in the sink makes the room stink. Or at least that's how it is in this house. Mr blastoff pees in the utility sink all the time (not sure how he manages this; he's not a very tall guy) and he doesn't know that I know that he does it. Since he doesn't RINSE the sink when he's through, it's pretty obvious. I have put up with this for quite awhile only because I can't think of a devastating comeback - merely telling him not to do it will lead to him denying that he does it. I need some sort of nuclear option here.

Maybe TBOT can help with that?

Peeing in the shower is ok. Totally ok if you pee at the *beginning* of the shower; any pee is long gone by the time you get out.

I think this (the rinse) is a critical phase of the whole pee-in-the-sink routine. All it takes is enough water to fill the S-trap below the sink. That way it keeps the stink away.