Is peeing in the shower a great way to save water? Saves 3-6 litres of toilet water.

Do you flush the toilet after peeing? Or do you let it mellow to save water?

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Yes, yes and no! It helps prevent athletes foot....or so I%26#039;ve heard! lol

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Don%26#039;t forget the warts. I%26#039;ve also heard it prevents chilblains. Such a valuable resource I%26#039;m surprised no one bottles it.

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• There seems to be two questions here.
  
  I suppose urinating in shower could save water, but I myself do not do this. I think it%26#039;s gross.
  
  As for urinating where I%26#039;m supposed to, I let it mellow a time or two and then flush.
• Peeing in the shower isn%26#039;t unsanitary, urine is sterile. If you have to urge to pee while you%26#039;re showering then go ahead, otherwise peeing in the backyard is the best way to go.
• No. Not showering would save more water. Even a short shower uses WAY more than 6 liters of water. And watering your lawn uses about 1000 liters of water. Or more. So don%26#039;t shower and pee on the plants in your yard if you are REALLY serious about saving water.
• It does work but I just pee off the back deck.
• ewww no thats digusting and its pollution in sewing if you dont do it in the toilet
• lolz, but you are right it save water.
• Pissing in the shower is unsanitary. Why, do you do it. And if you do why doesnt the smell of urea get you sick.
  And no i believe not, it takes more water to clean the shower of the smell of piss than to flush the toilet.
• if you are living near sea then you can get a seperate pipe line which bring the sea water to flush your toilet. that way you will save the potable/fresh water.
• I believe that it does save water. I am pro peeing in the shower. However, I don%26#039;t recommend doing number two in the shower. It is kind of hard to get it down the drain. You kind of have to mush it down with your big toe. This takes a few minutes which wastes water.Then, you also have to wash your toes which wastes more water. In regards to your other question, I do let it mellow, if I know the toilet will be used shortly. If the pee will be sitting for more than a couple of hours(late night pee), I will flush it so it doesn%26#039;t sit and fowl up the bowl. It makes it necessary to scrub the bowl more often if you let pee sit in the toilet too much.
• Definately flush, because the stench from stale urine is not pleasant if left too long. You%26#039;re better off peeing in your garden though (good source of nitrogen), just remember that urine is likely to lower the pH of your soil so only do it to acid loving plants.
  
  I mean you could do all sort of things when you think about it, you could pee into the sink after doing the dishes and let the dishwater take it away, not recommeded if you use a dishwasher though.
  
  If you wanted to go really green (and possibly literally), the ancient Romans used to wash their clothes in urine and the ancient Spanish cleaned their teeth with it.
• One of the many ways for sure.
  Here are a few others:
  1. Toss out that reverse osmosis water filter and the water softener. Both of them waste a large quantity of water in the flush cycle. Municipal chlorinated water must meet minimum chlorination levels at your tap...this means there is no living bacteria in your water. Chlorine will evaporate from water if left to sit over night, direct sun will speed the process. If you are sure your water is fed to you through lead pipes (old cities east of the Mississippi) and you can%26#039;t sleep at night unless you have a R/O filter, spend a few bucks and split your water system. It%26#039;s easy. Catch the waste water from R/O or softener (used 55 gal drum), use a remote pressure tank and pump (home depot) and supply your toilet (and washer) with the reclaimed R/O and softener water. If the demands of the washer and toilets exceed the waste water collected, install a float (swamp cooler) with fresh water supply about mid way on the tank.